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Volume 29, Number 3—March 2023
Research Letter

Recurrent Cellulitis Revealing Helicobacter cinaedi in Patient on Ibrutinib Therapy, France

Anne-Laure RoupieComments to Author , Emmanuel Lafont, Sylvie Fraitag, Agnès Ferroni, Hervé Lécuyer, Olivia Boccara, Emilie Bessède, Philippe Lehours, François Lefrère, and Olivier Lortholary
Author affiliations: University Hospital Necker for Sick Children, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (A.-L. Roupie, E. Lafont, S. Fraitag, A. Ferroni, H. Lécuyer, O. Boccara, F. Lefrère, O. Lortholary); Paris-Cité University, Paris (A.-L. Roupie, E. Lafont, S. Fraitag, A. Ferroni, H. Lécuyer, O. Boccara, F. Lefrère, O. Lortholary); French National Reference Center for Campylobacters & Helicobacters, Bordeaux, France (E. Bessède, P. Lehours); Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, INSERM UMR1312, Bordeaux (E. Bessède, P. Lehours)

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Histologic aspect of a skin lesion revealing Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia in a man on ibrutinib therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, France. Skin biopsy obtained from erythema on the right side of the abdomen (original magnification ×50 in panel A, ×100 in panel B) show eosinophilic spongiosis leading to spongiotic vesicles and inflammatory perivascular and interstitial infiltrate, mostly located in the superficial and mid dermis and composed of eosinophils and lymphocytes, with no atypical cells. Hematoxylin-eosin-saffron stains.

Figure 2. Histologic aspect of a skin lesion revealing Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia in a man on ibrutinib therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, France. Skin biopsy obtained from erythema on the right side of the abdomen (original magnification ×50 in panel A, ×100 in panel B) show eosinophilic spongiosis leading to spongiotic vesicles and inflammatory perivascular and interstitial infiltrate, mostly located in the superficial and mid dermis and composed of eosinophils and lymphocytes, with no atypical cells. Hematoxylin-eosin-saffron stains.

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