Cowpox infection transmitted from a domestic cat
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2008 Mar;6(3):210-3.
doi: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2007.06546.x.
Epub 2008 Jan 14.
[Article in
English,
German]
Authors
Bernd Bonnekoh
1
, Kristof Falk, Karl-Friedrich Reckling, Susanne Kenklies, Andreas Nitsche, Beniam Ghebremedhin, Anna Pokrywka, Ingolf Franke, Bernd Thriene, Wolfgang König, Georg Pauli, Harald Gollnick
Affiliation
- 1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Magdeburg, Germany. bernd.bonnekoh@medizin.uni-magdeburg.de
Abstract
A 21-year-old immunocompetent woman developed a cowpox infec-tion,while working as a veterinarian's assistant in a rural area. She had never received vaccinia immunization and came in contact with a fatally-infected house cat. Under symptomatic treatment, the infection remained localized to one cheek and cleared over 3 weeks with substantial dermal-subcutaneous tissue destruction. Orthopoxvirus detection by PCR is a modern diagnostic standard, in addition to identification by negative-contrast electron microscopy. A promising therapeutic option is cidofovir, but this virostatic drug is not yet approved for the treatment of cowpox.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Animals
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Cat Diseases / diagnosis*
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Cat Diseases / transmission*
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Cats
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Cowpox / diagnosis*
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Cowpox / transmission*
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Cowpox / veterinary
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Female
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Humans
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Skin Diseases, Viral / diagnosis*
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Skin Diseases, Viral / therapy
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Skin Diseases, Viral / transmission*