Progressive ORF virus infection in a patient with lymphoma: successful treatment using imiquimod.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Orf virus is a parapoxvirus that infects small ruminants worldwide. We present the case report of a 73-year-old woman with non-Hodgkins lymphoma who developed progressive orf virus lesions that were unresponsive to surgical debridement and to cidofovir therapy. The patient's orf virus infection was successfully treated with topical imiquimod despite progression of her malignancy.
Medical subject headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Aminoquinolines
- Ecthyma, Contagious
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin