OCCULT STREPTOCOCCUS-PYOGENES IN CELLULITIS - DEMONSTRATION BY IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE

Authors
SHELLEY WB TALANIN N SHELLEY ED FREIMER EH
Citation
Wb. Shelley et al., OCCULT STREPTOCOCCUS-PYOGENES IN CELLULITIS - DEMONSTRATION BY IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE, British journal of dermatology, 132(6), 1995, pp. 989-991
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
132
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
989 - 991
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1995)132:6<989:OSIC-D>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A 23-year-old man developed cellulitis and ascending lymphangitis of t he right leg, Blood cultures and skin saline aspirates were sterile, G ram stain of the aspirate did not show any bacteria, Direct and indire ct immunofluorescent staining with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodie s to Streptococcus pyogenes revealed streptococci in the reticular der mis, The cellulitis resolved following treatment with intravenous cefa zoline.