Concurrent verrucous and varicelliform rashes following renal transplantation.
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.
Jeyaratnam
Dakshika
D
Department of Infection, St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
Robson
Alistair M
AM
Hextall
Justine M
JM
Wong
Wilson
W
MacMahon
Eithne
E
D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology