• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Erythema nodosum associated with Yersinia enterocolitica infection
  • Contributor: YOTSU, Rie; MII, Sumiyuki; HAYASHI, Rika; HARADA, Harumi; FURUKAWA, Keiichi; ETO, Hikaru
  • Published: Wiley, 2010
  • Published in: The Journal of Dermatology, 37 (2010) 9, Seite 819-822
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00892.x
  • ISSN: 0385-2407; 1346-8138
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We report a 74‐year‐old woman who presented to hospital with fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and 2 weeks later developed erythema nodosum (EN) on the legs, and was diagnosed with <jats:italic>Yersinia enterocolitica</jats:italic> infection based on her clinical course and microbiological examination of the stool. She also had a complication of pancreatitis, which made the diagnosis challenging. We should suspect infection by <jats:italic>Y. enterocolitica</jats:italic> when diagnosing cases of EN with gastrointestinal symptoms. We assume EN is likely to appear 2 weeks after the onset of gastrointestinal symptoms from our case and other case reports.</jats:p>