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Report of a Case

VIOLET L. KIEL, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1947;56(2):187-190.

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ULCERONECROTIC lesions of the skin occurring in association with chronic ulcerative colitis have previously been described by Felsen,¹ Greenbaum,² Jones,³ Brunsting⁴ and Cohen⁵ under the terms pyoderma gangrenosum and ecthyma gangrenosum. The following case is reported because such lesions are rare and their causation is still controversial.

Felsen described 3 cases in 1941 and reported Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and nonhemolytic streptococcus in his cases 1, 2 and 3, respectively. He concluded, therefore, that a single bacterial agent is not responsible and expressed the belief that the lesions were probably due to a nutritional disturbance. In reporting 6 cases, Greenbaum also commented on the divergent bacteria observed. His attempts to reproduce lesions by inoculation with a single viable organism failed but were successful when pus was injected into patients in 2 cases and when two organisms were injected simultaneously into patients in 4 cases. He . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BRONXVILLE, N. Y.

From Lawrence Hospital.

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