Bacterial infections of the skin. II: cutaneous clues to systemic infections.

Systemic bacterial infections often produce skin signs which are of help in the elucidation and evaluation of these diseases. This paper reviews some of such cutaneous clues, their occurrence, recognition and value. The following conditions are discussed: bacterial endocarditis, pseudomonas septicaemia, disseminated gonococcal infection, meningococcemia, clostridia infections, leptospirosis and typhoid fever. Bacterial causes of erythema nodosum are also considered.