Schneiderman Prelims Vol-I. qxd

EXOGENOUS AGENTS
Irritant contact dermatitis
INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS
Anthrax – 
Bacillus anthracis; malignant pustule; face, neck,
hands, arms; starts as papule then evolves into bulla on red
base; then hemorrhagic crust with edema and erythema with
small vesicles; edema of surrounding skin 
Am J Dermatopathol
19:79–82, 1997; J Clin Inf Dis 19:1009–1014, 1994; Br J
Opthalmol 76:753–754, 1992; J Trop Med Hyg 89:43–45, 1986;
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 38:355–361, 1981
Aspergillosis – primary cutaneous
Bacillus cereus (necrotic bulla) AD 127:543–546, 1991
Blister beetle dermatosis 
JAAD 22:815–819, 1990; Ped Derm
9:246–250, 1992
Blistering distal dactylitis 
Ped Derm 13:292–293, 1996;
AD 118:879–880, 1982; JAAD 5:592–594, 1981
Brown recluse spider bite 
Clin Inf Dis 32:595,636–637, 2001
Bullous impetigo
Cat scratch disease (inoculation vesicle) 
Ped Derm 5:1–9, 1988
Cytomegalovirus 
JAAD 18:1330–1338, 1988; JAAD
12:720–721, 1985
Enteroviral infection – vesicular lesions in AIDS
Escherichia coli sepsis
Gonococcemia – periarticular lesions appear in crops with red
macules, papules, vesicles with red halo, pustules, bullae
becoming hemorrhagic and necrotic; suppurative arthritis and
tenosynovitis 
Ann Intern Med 102:229–243, 1985
Gram-negative web space infection
Hand foot and mouth disease – Coxsackie A16, A5, A7,
A9, A10, B2, B3, B5, enterovirus 7; vesicular 
Ped Derm
20:52–56, 2003; Rook p.998,1086, 1998, Sixth Edition;
BJD 79:309–317, 1967
Herpes simplex – dyshidrosis-like herpes simplex in AIDS 
AAD 13:845–852, 1985; herpetic whitlow Clin Inf Dis 40:579,
609, 2005; Tyring p.81, 2002; Caputo p.154, 2000; Arch Emerg
Med 7:124–125, 1990; disseminated herpes simplex infection
Herpes zoster 
Tyring p.133, 2002
Insect bite reaction
Leprosy – Lucio’s phenomenon – bullae and necrosis leaving
deep painful ulcers 
Int J Lepr 47:161–166, 1979
Meningococcemia
Milker’s nodules
Necrotizing fasciitis 
JAAD 20:774–781, 1989
Nocardia asteroides AD 121:898–900, 1985