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Volume 20, Number 12—December 2014
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Bacterial Pathogens Associated with Hidradenitis Suppurativa, France

Hélène Guet-RevilletComments to Author , Hélène Coignard-Biehler, Jean-Philippe Jais, Gilles Quesne, Eric Frapy, Sylvain Poirée, Anne-Sophie Le Guern, Anne Le Flèche-Matéos, Alain Hovnanian, Paul-Henry Consigny, Olivier Lortholary, Xavier Nassif, Aude Nassif, and Olivier Join-Lambert
Author affiliations: Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France (H. Guet-Revillet, J.-P. Jais, E. Frapy, A. Hovnanian, O. Lortholary, X. Nassif, O. Join-Lambert); Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (H. Guet-Revillet, H. Coignard-Biehler, J-P. Jais, G. Quesne, S. Poirée, O. Lortholary, X. Nassif, O. Join-Lambert); Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche U1151 eq11, Paris (H. Guet-Revillet, E. Frapy, X. Nassif, O. Join-Lambert); Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche U872 eq22 (J-P. Jais); Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche U 781, Paris (A. Hovnanian); Institut Pasteur, Paris (A. Le Flèche-Matéos, A-S. Le Guern, P.-H. Consigny, A. Nassif)

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Table 1

Characteristics of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, France, Jun 2007–February 2011

Characteristics Value
No. patients 82
Sex ratio (no. M/F) 0.33 (27/55)
Age, median y, ± SD 34 ± 9.5
Age, median y, ± SD at onset of disease 29 ± 9.9
Duration of Hurley stage,* y (range)
 5.8 (0.5–21)
No. lesions 102
Clinical severity of lesions*
Hurley stage 1 38
Hurley stage 2 45
Hurley stage 3
 19
Location of lesions, no. (%)
Inguinal fold and perineal area 32 (31)
Buttocks and thigh 19 (19)
Gluteal fold 13 (13)
Axilla 28 (27)
Breast 6 (6)
Trunk and neck
 4 (4)
Microbiological samples, no. 183
Lesional samples† 125
Aspirates 11
Biopsy material 49
Lesional swabs 65
Perilesional control swabs 58

*Hurley staging: Hurley, stage 1 lesions correspond to nodules or abscesses, single or multiple, without sinus tracts or hypertrophic scars. Stage 2 lesions are single or multiple but non-confluent lesions with sinus tracts and formation of scarring. Stage 3 lesions correspond to diffuse or nearly diffuse involvement of multiple interconnected sinus tracts or abscesses across the entire area.
†Each lesion was sampled 1 or 2 times. Open lesions with purulent drainage were sampled by swabbing of the purulent drainage. On consent of the patient, closed, nonsuppurative lesions were sampled only by biopsy or needle aspiration.

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