SWEETS-SYNDROME AND YERSINIA-ENTEROCOLITI CA INFECTION - 2 CASES

Sweet's Syndrome is an acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis. Although it frequently appears as an idiopathic disorder, it may occur in asso ciation, often as presenting sign, with malignancy or more rarely with infections. We report two cases of Sweet's syndrome preceded by diges tive infection due to Yersinia enterocolitica, affirmed by significant rises in serum antibody titers. Other nongastrointestinal manifestati ons of such infections are known, predominantely arthritis and erythem a nodosum. Sweet's syndrome in a rare complication of these infections . Treatment with systemic steroids, usually effective, can be replaced by antibiotics with apparently favorable results. The search of an in fectious origin should be systematic in cases of Sweet's syndrome that appear to be idiopathic.