Disseminated Yersinia enterocolitica infection associated to Sweet's syndrome.

Pauline Escoffier, Vincent Gendrin, Samantha Poloni, Johanna Clerc, Anne Ducournau, Timothée Klopfenstein, Souheil Zayet

BMC infectious diseases 2024 Sep 27

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We report the case of a young woman sough care for disseminated form of Yersinia enterocolitica infection (pseudoappendicitis with mesenteric lymph node, arthralgia, glomerulonephritis and hepatitis) diagnosed on Western Blot method for the detection of Yersinia antibodies. The patient also presented a rare concomitant cutaneous manifestation, as Sweet's syndrome, confirmed histologically. Neutrophilic dermatosis is an exceptional skin features among post-infectious autoimmune disorders when encountering Yersinia enterocolitica infection in clinical practice. © 2024. The Author(s).

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Pauline Escoffier, Vincent Gendrin, Samantha Poloni, Johanna Clerc, Anne Ducournau, Timothée Klopfenstein, Souheil Zayet. Disseminated Yersinia enterocolitica infection associated to Sweet's syndrome. BMC infectious diseases. 2024 Sep 27;24(1):1036