Summary
We describe an adult patient with bullous pemphigoid treated with prednisone, who twice went through a septicaemia during this therapy. One year later a multifocal symmetrical hematogenous osteomyelitis in the legs became manifest.
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Wir beschreiben den Fall einer erwachsenen Patientin mit Parapemphigus, bei der während einer Prednisontherapie zweimal eine Sepsis auftrat. Ein Jahr später manifestierte sich eine multifocale abszedierende Osteomyelitis der unteren Extremitäten.
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van der Meeren, H., Lacroix, H., Ochsner, P.E. et al. Multifocal hematogenous osteomyelitis in an adult treated with corticosteroids. Arch. Orth. Traum. Surg. 100, 69–71 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00381546
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