[Diagnostic image (75). A veterinary assistant with a swelling on the neck. Cowpox].
In a 21-year-old woman, suffering from a moderate painful erythematous infiltrated lesion in the neck, cowpox was diagnosed. Contact with an infected cat was suggested. Healing was spontaneous.
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D000328:Adult; D017750:Animal Technicians; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D015605:Cowpox / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015608:Cowpox virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015047:Zoonoses