Akute Lymphangitis

Filarial Lymphangitis

Creeping lymphangitis.

A 35 year old man presented with a two day history of a tender rash on the right thigh. Examination showed serpiginous erythema extending from a vesiculopustule on his right thigh. Staphylococcus aureus was identified in a culture of the vesiculopustular fluid. The diagnosis of lymphangitis spreading from folliculitis was made. The patient was successfully treated with oral ampicillin. Learning...

Akute Krankheiten. Chronische Krankheiten, pt. 1: Akute Krankheiten, bks 1–3, Chronische Krankheiten, bks 1–2

Over the past twenty-five years, the study of the medicine of Classical Antiquity has enjoyed a boom unparalleled since the Renaissance. Conference proceedings, books, translations, and articles have appeared in profusion from Venezuela to Japan, and the classical authors themselves are now more widely available in translations for the non-linguist than ever before. In all this two connected de...

Kapitel 80: Akute myeloische Leukämie

Lymphangitis after tuberculin test.

After Mantoux testing with purified protein derivative (PPD) equivalent to 5 tuberculin units (TU), a 28 yr old man developed extensive erythema, induration and proximal lymphangitis. This is the only such case observed after Mantoux testing in approximately 500,000 subjects during 10 yrs in the Greek Army.