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Skin biopsy in adult patients with meningococcal purpura fulminans: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Damien Contou
Gaëtan Béduneau
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Charlotte Rabault
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Romain Sonneville
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Antoine Marchalot
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Rémi Coudroy
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Damien Roux
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Martin Cour
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Julien Massol
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Sébastien Préau
Nicolas de Prost
Frédéric Pène
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Gwenhaël Colin
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François Barbier
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Kamel Toufik
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Quentin Quelven
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Guillaume Schnell
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Stephan Ehrmann
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Hélène Messet
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Antoine Kimmoun
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Pascal Beuret
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Cédric Bruel
Delphine Colling
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Alexandre Conia
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Luis Ensenyat Martin
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Danielle Reuter
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Vincent Das
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Marion Challier
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Mathieu Jozwiak
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Arnaud Galbois
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Mégan Fraisse
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Samir Jaber
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Sébastien Jochmans
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Pierre Kalfon
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Marie Conrad
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Alexandre Lautrette
Cédric Darreau
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Nicolas Lerolle
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Hugues Georges
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Bruno Mégarbane
Claire Pichereau
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Tomas Urbina
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Eric Maury
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Nicolas de Prost
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Jean-Pierre Quenot
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Bertrand Sauneuf
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Matthieu Schmidt
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Xavier Valette
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Lara Zafrani
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Daniel da Silva
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Guillaume Rigault
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Abstract

Abstract Background Neisseria meningitidis is the leading responsible bacterium of Purpura Fulminans (PF) accounting for two thirds of PF. Skin biopsy is a simple and minimally invasive exam allowing to perform skin culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect Neisseria meningitidis . We aimed to assess the sensitivity of skin biopsy in adult patients with meningococcal PF. Methods A 17-year multicenter retrospective cohort study including adult patients admitted to the ICU for a meningococcal PF in whom a skin biopsy with conventional and/or meningococcal PCR was performed. Results Among 306 patients admitted for PF, 195 had a meningococcal PF (64%) with a skin biopsy being performed in 68 (35%) of them. Skin biopsy was performed in median 1 day after the initiation of antibiotic therapy. Standard culture of skin biopsy was performed in 61/68 (90%) patients and grew Neisseria meningitidis in 28 (46%) of them. Neisseria meningitidis PCR on skin biopsy was performed in 51/68 (75%) patients and was positive in 50 (98%) of them. Among these 50 positive meningococcal PCR, five were performed 3 days or more after initiation of antibiotic therapy. Finally, skin biopsy was considered as contributive in 60/68 (88%) patients. Identification of the meningococcal serogroup was obtained with skin biopsy in 48/68 (71%) patients. Conclusions Skin biopsy with conventional culture and meningococcal PCR has a global sensitivity of 88% and should be systematically considered in case of suspected meningococcal PF even after the initiation of antimicrobial treatment.

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hal-04297835 , version 1 (21-11-2023)

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Damien Contou, Gaëtan Béduneau, Charlotte Rabault, Romain Sonneville, Antoine Marchalot, et al.. Skin biopsy in adult patients with meningococcal purpura fulminans: a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Critical Care, 2023, 27 (1), pp.166. ⟨10.1186/s13054-023-04461-2⟩. ⟨hal-04297835⟩
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