Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature review
Braz. j. infect. dis
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16(5): 482-485, Sept.-Oct. 2012. ilus
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent patients. A mononucleosis-like syndrome may develop in some patients. Various organ involvements (eg: encephalitis, meningitis, retinitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, hepatitis, enterocolitis, neuritis), which rarely occur in immunocompetent patients, have also been reported. Cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis caused by CMV infection has been reported very rarely in the literature. Here, a case with a very rare clinical form of CMV infection, presenting with persistent fever and livedo reticularis on the extremities and cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis of the toes, is described, and the relevant literature is reviewed. This case report aims to highlight the possibility of CMV infection to be a cause of cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Vasculite
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Dedos do Pé
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Infecções por Citomegalovirus
Limite:
Adolescente
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Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Assunto da revista:
Doenças Transmissíveis
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Turquia
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital/TR
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Istanbul University/TR
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