Recurrent contagious ecthyma (Orf) in an immunocompromised host successfully treated with cryotherapy

C Degraeve; A De Coninck; J Senneseael; D Roseeuw

doi:10.1159/000018095

Recurrent contagious ecthyma (Orf) in an immunocompromised host successfully treated with cryotherapy

Dermatology. 1999;198(2):162-3. doi: 10.1159/000018095.

Authors

C Degraeve¹, A De Coninck, J Senneseael, D Roseeuw

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

PMID: 10325465
DOI: 10.1159/000018095

Abstract

A 48-year-old patient under immunosuppressive therapy for renal transplantation had contagious ecthyma which relapsed after excision. Stable healing was obtained by cryotherapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cryosurgery*
Ecthyma, Contagious / immunology
Ecthyma, Contagious / surgery*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Recurrence

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents