Open AccessHuman Papillomavirus-32-Positive Extragenital Bowenoid Papulosis (BP) in a HIV Patient With Typical Genital BP Localization
Author(s) -
Anna Marta Degener,
Luigi Laino,
Alessandra Pierangeli,
Gianluca Accappaticcio,
D. Innocenzi,
Pala Salvatore
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/01.olq.0000140017.86696.71
Subject(s) - sex organ , polymerase chain reaction , medicine , coinfection , pathology , biopsy , hpv infection , papillomaviridae , virology , virus , gene , biology , cancer , cervical cancer , genetics
Bowenoid papulosis (BP) is characterized by multiple maculopapular lesions of the genitalia; extragenital localization is rarely found. Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 has been found in most cases of BP, but the other HPV genotypes associated with BP had been poorly characterized.