title: Systemic cytomegalovirus in a patient with the keratitis, ichthyosis, and deafness (KID) syndrome.
abstract: We describe a patient with the keratitis, ichthyosis, and deafness (KID) syndrome who also had a generalized cytomegalovirus infection. Patients with the KID syndrome are susceptible to not only bacterial and fungal infections, but also to viral infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester, NY 14642.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Helm
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Orosz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Metlay
mesh_terms: D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007057:Ichthyosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007634:Keratitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome