Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature review
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent patients. A mononucleosis-like syndrome may develop in some patients. Various organ involvements (eg: encephalitis, meningitis, retinitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, hepatitis, enterocolitis, neuritis), which rarely occur in imm...
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| author | Ferhat Arslan Ayse Batirel Ali Mert Serdar Ozer |
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| description | Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent patients. A mononucleosis-like syndrome may develop in some patients. Various organ involvements (eg: encephalitis, meningitis, retinitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, hepatitis, enterocolitis, neuritis), which rarely occur in immunocompetent patients, have also been reported. Cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis caused by CMV infection has been reported very rarely in the literature. Here, a case with a very rare clinical form of CMV infection, presenting with persistent fever and livedo reticularis on the extremities and cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis of the toes, is described, and the relevant literature is reviewed. This case report aims to highlight the possibility of CMV infection to be a cause of cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis. Keywords: Cytomegalovirus, Vasculitis, Cutaneous |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7718f55cee56463187b5039dea21c9cc2022-12-21T20:01:42ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1413-86702012-09-01165482485Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature reviewFerhat Arslan0Ayse Batirel1Ali Mert2Serdar Ozer3Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; Corresponding author at: Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Lutfı Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, TR 34863 Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey.Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, TurkeyCytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent patients. A mononucleosis-like syndrome may develop in some patients. Various organ involvements (eg: encephalitis, meningitis, retinitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, hepatitis, enterocolitis, neuritis), which rarely occur in immunocompetent patients, have also been reported. Cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis caused by CMV infection has been reported very rarely in the literature. Here, a case with a very rare clinical form of CMV infection, presenting with persistent fever and livedo reticularis on the extremities and cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis of the toes, is described, and the relevant literature is reviewed. This case report aims to highlight the possibility of CMV infection to be a cause of cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis. Keywords: Cytomegalovirus, Vasculitis, Cutaneoushttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012001134 |
| spellingShingle | Ferhat Arslan Ayse Batirel Ali Mert Serdar Ozer Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature review Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature review |
| title_full | Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature review |
| title_fullStr | Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature review |
| title_short | Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis: case report and literature review |
| title_sort | cytomegalovirus cmv related cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis case report and literature review |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012001134 |
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