[Erysipelas at the upper limb about 3 cases]

ABSTRACT

Erysipelas is an acute bacterial infection of the dermis and hypodermis generally caused by streptococcus. This affection is rare at the upper limb. The authors report the observation of three patients of the 4[th] and the 7[th] decade presenting an erysipelas at the upper limb having evolved favorably under antibiotic treatment and hospitalisation in two cases. The erysipelas is of clinical diagnosis basing on general and local signs. The portal of entry must be always looked for and treated. It represents with the diabetes, the obesity and the lymphedema a factor of gravity of this pathology