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ArticleCureus2026

A Diagnostic Challenge: Severe Thrombocytopenia During Streptococcal Cellulitis Revealing Previously Unrecognized Immune Thrombocytopenia.

Alireza Izadian Bidgoli, Alberto Gomez Usatorres, Hellen Ailette Gomez Usatorres, Alberto Gomez Veliz

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Alireza Izadian BidgoliInternal Medicine, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Cupecoy, SXM.
Alberto Gomez UsatorresInternal Medicine, Hispano-American University, San José, CRI.
Hellen Ailette Gomez UsatorresInternal Medicine, Hispano-American University, San José, CRI.
Alberto Gomez VelizInternal Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe thrombocytopenia is frequently encountered in patients with acute bacterial infections and is often attributed to infection-associated platelet consumption, potentially delaying recognition of alternative etiologies. We report the case of a 72-year-old man with chronic unexplained thrombocytopenia who presented with fever, generalized weakness, and progressive bilateral upper-extremity cellulitis, predominating in the left forearm where a chronic nonhealing fishhook injury had become secondarily infected, while the contralateral forearm demonstrated diffuse erythema, warmth, and swelling without an associated wound. Initial evaluation demonstrated leukocytosis, markedly elevated inflammatory markers, and profound thrombocytopenia with a platelet count of 12 ×10

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cellulitiscorticosteroid therapyimmune thrombocytopeniaplatelet transfusion refractorinessstreptococcus pyogenes

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PMID42695033
PMCPMC13540971

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