TY - JOUR
T1 - Culture of Vibrio extorquens from severe, chronic skin ulcers in a Puerto Rican woman
AU - Lambert, W. Clark
AU - Pathan, Amanullah K.
AU - Irnaeda, Tamotsu
AU - Kaminski, Zigmund C.
AU - Reichman, Lee B.
N1 - Funding Information:
With 113 references, this is an excellent review done carefully by several authors from the National Institutes of Health. As most dermatologists ah'eady know, there are no well.proved therapeutic indications Ik)r vitanain E in dermatology.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - A 48-year-old Puerto Rican woman developed extensive ulcers on her buttocks, right arm, and thighs over a 3 1/2-year period, The lesions began as small, subcutaneous nodules which subsequently ulcerated and expanded up to 19 cm in diameter. Biopsy of both ulcerated and nonulcerated lesions showed acid-fast bacilli. Culture of both types of lesions grew Vibrio extorquens, a partially acid-fast methanolophilic organism not previously associated with disease in humans. The patient developed agglutinating antibody, titer 1:80, to this organism. The disease responded to treatment with antibiotics to which the organism was sensitive in vitro.
AB - A 48-year-old Puerto Rican woman developed extensive ulcers on her buttocks, right arm, and thighs over a 3 1/2-year period, The lesions began as small, subcutaneous nodules which subsequently ulcerated and expanded up to 19 cm in diameter. Biopsy of both ulcerated and nonulcerated lesions showed acid-fast bacilli. Culture of both types of lesions grew Vibrio extorquens, a partially acid-fast methanolophilic organism not previously associated with disease in humans. The patient developed agglutinating antibody, titer 1:80, to this organism. The disease responded to treatment with antibiotics to which the organism was sensitive in vitro.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0190-9622(83)80359-4
DO - 10.1016/S0190-9622(83)80359-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020529618
SN - 0190-9622
VL - 9
SP - 262
EP - 268
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
IS - 2
ER -