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Development of an IFN-γ ELISpot Assay to Assess Varicella-Zoster Virus-specific Cell-mediated Immunity Following Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation
Published on: July 9, 2014
Concurrent verrucous and varicelliform rashes following renal transplantation
Dakshika Jeyaratnam1, Alistair M Robson, Justine M Hextall
1Department of Infection, St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
Abstract:
Verrucous rashes associated with varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection are well recognized in HIV infection. Seen rarely in transplant patients, no histologically confirmed case has been published in the transplant setting. We now report chronic, localized, verrucous VZV in a renal transplant recipient presenting with cutaneous dissemination. This case highlights the need to consider chronic VZV infection in the differential diagnosis of skin lesions even in the VZV seronegative transplant recipient without substantial exposure to antiviral agents.
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