Erythema nodosum secondary to meningococcal septicaemia.

Clin Exp Dermatol

Central Outpatients, North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, UK.

Published: March 1999

We report a case of erythema nodosum (EN) secondary to Neisseria meningitidis infection in a 77-year-old woman. Histology of two biopsy specimens from two different lesions showed characteristic features of EN. Blood culture showed Neisseria meningitidis group C.

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