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A healthy 11-year-old girl visited her family physician with a lesion on her right posterior thigh. The lesion was a 1-cm plaque that was tender, firm, erythematous, and indurated, with a central pustule. It had been present for 3 days; it was noticed by the patient after returning from a camping trip in southeastern Pennsylvania. The pustular area was incised drained, and cultured, and the patient was started on cephalexin.

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Two days later, the lesion did not improve, showing increased induration, erythema, and blistering. The patient went to the emergency department with an 8 cm by 6 cm coalescence of thin-walled vesicles and bullae with surrounding erythema (FIGURES 1 AND 2). A thick, honeyyellow adherent crust covered the eroded center of the lesion. The girl’s temperature was 37.1[degrees]C, and she reported no burning, pain, or pruritus. She had full range of motion of her right hip and knee, and no lymphadenopathy was detected. Her white blood cell count was normal; blood and wound cultures were taken.
* What is the most likely diagnosis?
* How would you empirically treat this condition?
* Diagnosis: Bullous impetigo, caused by methicillinresistant S aureus
Impetigo is a highly contagious superficial skin infection, with peak incidence among children aged 2 to 6 years. (1,2) Nonbullous impetigo (70% of cases) is caused by Staphylo* Diagnosis: Bullous impetigo, caused by methicillinresistant S aureus
Impetigo is a highly contagious superficial skin infection, with peak incidence among children aged 2 to 6 years. (1,2) Nonbullous impetigo (70% of cases) is caused by Staphyloein 1, resulting in bullae. (4)
Bullous impetigo may occur after minor skin injury, such as an insect bite, abrasion, or dermatitis. Lesions generally start as small vesicles on the face, buttocks, extremities, or perineum, and may progress to a coalescence of thin-roofed bullae. The flaccid bullae rupture easily, draining serous or purulent fluid.
Lesions are usually painless, and systemic findings are rare. Lymphadenopathy is rare in bullous impetigo but common in nonbullous impetigo. The disease is generally self-limited and complications are uncommon. However, ecthyma (ulcerative impetigo) may result from an untreated impetigo infection. (5)
* Differential diagnosis
The differential diagnosis for bullous impetigo is broad, and may include allergic contact dermatitis, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, pemphigus foliaceus, bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus vulgaris, and (in this case specifically) erythema migrans.
Allergic contact dermatitis is a delayed hypersensitivity reaction, usually caused by skin contact with an allergen. Lesions can be vesicular, edematous, erythematous, and pruritic. In this case, the patient did not have allergen exposure or a pruritic lesion.
Herpes zoster is a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus, characterized by stabbing, neuritic pain in a dermatomal distribution. Clear vesicles on an erythe matous, edematous base distributed along a dermatome constitutes the classic appearance. This was not the case with this patient.
Pemphigus foliaceous is an autoimmune intraepidermal blistering disease with lesions occurring on the face, scalp, chest, and upper back. (5) Intact blisters are not commonly seen. The vesicle roof is very thin and ruptures easily, forming broad areas of crust. Skin biopsy reveals intraepidermal bulla or acantholysis in the upper epidermis.
Pemphigus vulgaris is also an autoimmune blistering disease that affects the skin and mucous membranes. It is generally seen among patients aged >40 years.
Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune disorder presenting with chronic eruption of erythematous, papular, urticaria lesions often evolving into bullae. Childhood cases are rare. Biopsy of the lesions demonstrates subepidermal bulla with an infiltration of eosinophils within the dermis. (5)
Erythema migrans with central vesiculation must be considered given the patient’s camping trip. Recent evidence shows that erythema migrans with central redness accounts for most cases in areas endemic for Lyme disease. Only 10% of the patients with early Lyme disease show the classic bulls-eye lesion with concentric erythematous rings and central clearing. Vesiculation can occur in up to 30% of lesions. (6)
* Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotic resistance
As many as 61% of community-acquired methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) infections are initially treated only with beta-lactam antibiotics, to which they are resistant. (7) Risk factors for communityacquired MRSA infection include day-care attendance, recent hospitalization, recent antibiotic use, chronic illness, and frequent health care visits. (8) A growing number of cases are reported among patients without risk factors.
Community-acquired MRSA isolates are usually genetically different from nosocomial isolates, and have been relatively susceptible to non-beta-lactam antibiotics. These strains vary substantially, however, and it is important to check the susceptibility of the isolate.