Rickettsialpox in a patient with HIV infection - 29/08/11
Doi : 10.1067/mjd.2003.65
Scott Sanders, MDa, Damian Di Costanzo, MDb, James Leach, MDa, Howard Levy, MDa, Krishna Srinivasan, MDc, Sherif R. Zaki, MD, PhDd, James A. Comer, MDd, Christopher D. Paddock, MDd
Bronx and New Rochelle, New York, and Atlanta, Georgia
From the Department of Dermatology, Cornell University Weill Medical Center and Lincoln Hospitala; Pathology Associates of New Yorkb; Department of Pathology, Lincoln Hospitalc; Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.d
Abstract |
We describe the first case of rickettsialpox in a patient infected with HIV. Immunohistochemical staining of biopsied lesions showed a relatively large number of rickettsiae within the papulovesicular rash. Rickettsialpox is easily treated and may resemble more serious cutaneous eruptions in patients infected with HIV. This diagnosis should be considered in immunocompromised city-dwellers, with fever and a papulovesicular rash. (J Am Acad Dermatol 2003;48:286-9.)
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American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservés.
Vol 48 - N° 2
P. 286-289 - février 2003 Retour au numéro
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