Progressive ORF virus infection in a patient with lymphoma: successful treatment using imiquimod.

Authors :: Lederman ER
Green GM
DeGroot HE
Dahl P
Goldman E
Greer PW
Li Y
Zhao H
Paddock CD
Damon IK
Source :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2007 Jun 01; Vol. 44 (11), pp. e100-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Apr 19.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: Orf virus is a parapoxvirus that infects small ruminants worldwide. We present the case report of a 73-year-old woman with non-Hodgkins lymphoma who developed progressive orf virus lesions that were unresponsive to surgical debridement and to cidofovir therapy. The patient's orf virus infection was successfully treated with topical imiquimod despite progression of her malignancy.

Subjects :: Aged
Ecthyma, Contagious complications
Ecthyma, Contagious pathology
Female
Humans
Imiquimod
Adjuvants, Immunologic therapeutic use
Aminoquinolines therapeutic use
Ecthyma, Contagious drug therapy
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin complications

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1537-6591
Volume :: 44
Issue :: 11
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 17479930
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1086/517509

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