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Two patients developed disseminated subcutaneous nodules with febrile illness. In both cases, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from the lesions; blood cultures yielded the same organism in one case, and were negative in the other. The portal of entry was thought to be a jugular hemodalysis catheter in the first case and a necrotic zoster complicating lymphoma in the second case. Both patients' condition improved with antibiotic therapy and the Pseudomonas nodules resolved without surgical drainage.
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Raffi, F., Regnier, B., Pichon, F. et al. Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis presenting as peripheral subcutaneous nodules. Report of 2 cases. Intensive Care Med 14, 434–436 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00262903
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00262903