Facial purpura associated with Capnocytophaga canimorsus septicaemia; role of sunlight?

ejd.2013.2032 Auteur(s) : Celine Kennel1 realim@unilim.fr, Olivier Barraud2, Francois-Xavier Lapebie1, Agnes Sparsa3, Tiffany Duvoid, Catherine Chapellas1, Nadia Hidri2, Bruno Francois1 1 ICU, 2 Department of Microbiology and Virology, 3 Department of Dermatology, CHU Dupuytren, 2 avenue Martin-Luther King, 87042 Limoges, France Skin lesions may at times reflect severe underlying infectious disease. Purpura is one such lesion, commonly associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) [...]