Recurrent 'sterile' verrucous cyst abscesses and epidermodysplasia verruciformis-like eruption associated with idiopathic CD4 lymphopenia

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 627-633

  Tobin, E ^a   Rohwedder, A ^b   Holland, S M ^c   Philips, B ^d   Carlson, J A ^d  

^a Upstate Infectious Diseases Associates   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst abscess; Epidermodysplasia verruciformis; Human papillomavirus; Idiopathic CD4 lymphopenia; Nuclear factor kB essential modulator; Verrucous cyst

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; KERATOHYALIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COR PULMONALE; CYST RUPTURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; EPIDERMOID CYST; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; KERATINOCYTE; LIMB; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NECK; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPULE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN EXAMINATION; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; WART VIRUS;

ABSCESS; ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYSTS; DNA, VIRAL; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 0142025179     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05543.x     Document Type: Article

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