Pustulosis acuta generalisata following chemotherapy in an HIV-positive patient

Int J STD AIDS. 2013 Dec;24(12):980-2. doi: 10.1177/0956462413491080. Epub 2013 Jul 11.

Abstract

Pustulosis acuta generalisata is an uncommon condition characterized by scattered symmetrical eruption of sterile pustules associated with elevated inflammatory markers, leukocytosis, fever and arthropathy caused by previous infection by group A streptococci (GAS). We reported here a case of pustulosis acuta generalisata in an HIV-positive patient recently treated with chemotherapy for a seminoma.

Keywords: AIDS; Europe; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Pustulosis acuta generalisata; antiretroviral therapy; diagnosis; toxicity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis / complications*
  • Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis / drug therapy
  • Adult
  • Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Seminoma / complications*
  • Seminoma / pathology
  • Seminoma / therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / complications*
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / complications*
  • Testicular Neoplasms / pathology
  • Testicular Neoplasms / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination