Erythema multiforme-like targetoid lesions in secondary syphilis [11]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-382

  Yoon, Young Kim ^a   Ji, Hyun Lee ^a   Sun, Yeong Yoon ^a   Jeong, Deuk Lee ^a   Sang, Hyun Cho ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNULAR ERYTHEMA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VACUOLE; DERMATITIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; BIOPSY; GENETICS; HAND DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SYPHILIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 35348853755     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0252     Document Type: Letter

References (9)

1. Sanchez MR. Syphilis. In: Freedberg IM, Eisen AZ, Wolff K, et al., editors. Fitzpatrick's dermatology in general medicine, 6th edn, vol. 2. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003: p. 2163-2187.
2. Crownson AN, Magro C, Mihm M Jr. Treponemal disease. In: Elder D, Elenitsas R, Johnson BL Jr, et al., editors. Lever's histopathology of the skin, 9th edn. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004: p. 591-595.
3. Weigel LM, Brandt ME, Norgard MV. Analysis of the N-terminal region of the 47-kilodalton integral membrane lipoprotein of Treponema pallidum. Infect Immun 1992; 60: 1568-1576.
4. Burstain JM, Grimprel SA, Lukehart SA, Norgard MV, Radolf JD. Sensitive detection of Treponema pallidum by using the polymerase chain reaction. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29: 62-69.
5. Huff JC, Weston WL, Tonnesen MG. Erythema multiforme: a critical review of characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and causes. J Am Acad Dermatol 1983; 8: 763-775.
6. Lee JY, Lee ES. Erythema multiforme-like lesions in syphilis. Br J Dermatol 2003; 149: 655-680.
7. Wu CC, Tsai CN, Wong WR, Hong GS, Chuang YH. Early congenital syphilis and erythema multiforme-like bullous targetoid lesions in a 1-day-old newborn: detection of Treponema pallidum genomic DNA from the targetoid plaque using nested polymerase chain reaction. J Am Acad Dermatol 2006; 55: 11-15.
8. Poulsen A, Kobayasi T, Secher L, Weismann K. Treponema pallidum in macular and papular secondary syphilitic skin eruptions. Acta Derm Venereol 1986; 66: 251-258.
9. Wenhai Li, Jianzhong Z, Cao Y. Detection of Treponema pallidum in skin lesions of secondary syphilis and characterization of the inflammatory infiltrate. Dermatology 2004; 208: 94-97.