Serratia marcessens infection presenting with papillovesicular rash similar to varicella zoster infection: a case report

Bahadır A., Erduran E.

NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL, cilt.2, sa.1, ss.55-58, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14744/nci.2015.27928
  • Dergi Adı: NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.55-58
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Catheter, leukemia, papillovesicular rash, serratia, varicella
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

According to the literature, skin manifestations related to Serratia marcessens infections are rarely seen, and observed mostly in immunosuppressed adult patients. Cellulitis, abscess, granulomataus lesions have been reported as skin manifestations of Serratia infections. In our 2 cases with leukemia, papillovesicular rashes were observed resembling those of varicella zoster infection. Serratia marcessens was grown on blood cultures of patients susceptible to meropenem. The patients recovered from the rashes rapidly after treatment. Based on the absence of similar case reports in the literature, we report these two pediatric cases to emphasize that Serratia marcessens infections can present with papillovesicular rash similar to that seen in varicella zoster infections.