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Penile Erosions Associated with Foscarnet Therapy in a Child
Author(s) -
Hick Ryan W.,
Prose Neil
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01135.x
Subject(s) - foscarnet , medicine , antiviral therapy , umbilical cord , bone marrow transplant , valaciclovir , surgery , transplantation , bone marrow transplantation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , herpesviridae , virology , immunology , virus , chronic hepatitis
Foscarnet‐induced genital erosions have been reported in patients treated for HIV‐related herpesvirus infections in adults. We report the case of a boy with penile erosions associated with foscarnet therapy in the setting of umbilical cord blood transplantation (CBT).