title: [Lethal animal pox virus infection in an atopic patient simulating variola vera].
abstract: An 18-year-old patient requiring steroid treatment for severe bronchial asthma and with atopic dermatitis acquired a cowpox-like virus infection clinically similar to smallpox from a domestic cat as carrier. In spite of intensive care, with controlled pressure breathing and the last available vaccinia hyperimmunoglobulin, the patient died of pulmonary embolism although viral spread had ceased some days before.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologische Abteilung, Krankenhäuser des Märkischen Kreises, Lüdenscheid.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pfeiff
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pullmann
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Eis-Hübinger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerritzen
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Schneweis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mayr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D002415:Cats; D015605:Cowpox / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015608:Cowpox virus / Q000276:immunology; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D012899:Smallpox / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014615:Vaccinia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D012901:Variola virus / Q000276:immunology; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral
vernacular_title: Letale Tierpockeninfektion bei einem Atopiker unter dem Bild einer Variola vera.