title: Varicella-like cutaneous toxoplasmosis in a patient with aplastic anemia.
abstract: A 60-year-old patient with aplastic anemia presented with vesicular varicella-like skin lesions on her face, arms, legs, back, and abdomen. However, diagnosis for herpetic infection was negative. Findings of a skin biopsy led to a tentative histologic diagnosis of toxoplasmosis, and infection with Toxoplasma gondii was confirmed by immunohistochemistry and PCR. Cutaneous toxoplasmosis is a rare finding in immunocompromised patients and might mimic other infectious diseases, and vesicular lesions associated with toxoplasmosis have not been reported previously.
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Zimmermann
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Hadaschik
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Dalpke
authors: Jessica C
authors: JC
authors: Hassel
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Ajzenberg
authors: Klara
authors: K
authors: Tenner-Racz
authors: Nicola
authors: N
authors: Lehners
authors: Annette
authors: A
authors: Kapaun
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Schnitzler
mesh_terms: D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications*; D001706:Biopsy; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*
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