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Varicella-Like Cutaneous Toxoplasmosis in a Patient with Aplastic Anemia
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology; April 2013, Vol. 51 Issue: 4 p1341-1344, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- ABSTRACTA 60-year-old patient with aplastic anemia presented with vesicular varicella-like skin lesions on her face, arms, legs, back, and abdomen. However, diagnosis for herpetic infection was negative. Findings of a skin biopsy led to a tentative histologic diagnosis of toxoplasmosis, and infection with Toxoplasma gondiiwas confirmed by immunohistochemistry and PCR. Cutaneous toxoplasmosis is a rare finding in immunocompromised patients and might mimic other infectious diseases, and vesicular lesions associated with toxoplasmosis have not been reported previously.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00951137 and 1098660X
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs29960566
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02851-12