Human papillomavirus type 6 infection involving cutaneous nongenital sites.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 6 is classically considered a mucosatropic virus. Interestingly, clinical manifestations of HPV 6 infection that involve nonmucosal or nongenital sites have rarely been described. The reasons for this site specific infectivity of HPV 6 are unknown. We describe a patient who had condylomata acuminata-like lesions that involved cutaneous nongenital sites; HPV 6 DNA was detected in skin biopsy specimens with use of the polymerase chain reaction, followed by hybridization with use of type-specific DNA probes.
Blauvelt
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Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101.
Duarte
A M
AM
Pruksachatkunakorn
C
C
Leonardi
C L
CL
Schachner
L A
LA
D001132:Arm; D002648:Child; D003218:Condylomata Acuminata / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007868:Leg Dermatoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000473:pathology*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000473:pathology*