Rose Spots Associated With Shigellosis
1970; American Medical Association; Volume: 119; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/archpedi.1970.02100050154014
ISSN1538-3628
Autores Tópico(s)Powdery Mildew Fungal Diseases
ResumoThe occurrence of rose spots in patients with typhoid and paratyphoid fevers has been known for over half a century. 1-3 Rose spots are round, red, slightly raised, smooth-edged skin lesions which measure 1 mm to 4 mm in size and blanch on pressure. They develop in the corium and consist of dilated lymphatics and small blood vessels surrounded by a perivascular infiltrate of polymorphonuclear cells, lymphocytes, mast cells, plasma cells, and fibroblasts. 4 Cultures of rose spots from patients with typhoid fever may yield Salmonella typhi . 2,4 Little information is available regarding the presence of rose spots in other diseases. They have been described in patients with psittacosis, 5 leptospirosis, 5 trichinosis, 3 brucellosis, 6 miliary tuberculosis, 2,3 and meningitis. 2 The present communication reports the development of rose spots in three siblings with dysentery due to Shigella flexneri 4a . One week before these children became ill the family
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