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Concurrent Verrucous and Varicelliform Rashes Following Renal Transplantation
Author(s) -
Jeyaratnam Dakshika,
Robson Alistair M.,
Hextall Justine M.,
Wong Wilson,
MacMahon Eithne
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00928.x
Subject(s) - medicine , renal transplant , dermatology , varicella zoster virus , transplantation , chronic renal failure , differential diagnosis , virus , chickenpox , immunology , pathology , surgery
Verrucous rashes associated with varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection are well recognized in HIV infection. Seen rarely in transplant patients, no histologically confirmed case has been published in the transplant setting. We now report chronic, localized, verrucous VZV in a renal transplant recipient presenting with cutaneous dissemination. This case highlights the need to consider chronic VZV infection in the differential diagnosis of skin lesions even in the VZV seronegative transplant recipient without substantial exposure to antiviral agents.