• J Dtsch Dermatol Ges · Mar 2008

    Case Reports

    Cowpox infection transmitted from a domestic cat.

    • Bernd Bonnekoh, Kristof Falk, Karl-Friedrich Reckling, Susanne Kenklies, Andreas Nitsche, Beniam Ghebremedhin, Anna Pokrywka, Ingolf Franke, Bernd Thriene, Wolfgang König, Georg Pauli, and Harald Gollnick.
    • Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Magdeburg, Germany. bernd.bonnekoh@medizin.uni-magdeburg.de
    • J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2008 Mar 1;6(3):210-3.

    AbstractA 21-year-old immunocompetent woman developed a cowpox infec-tion,while working as a veterinarian's assistant in a rural area. She had never received vaccinia immunization and came in contact with a fatally-infected house cat. Under symptomatic treatment, the infection remained localized to one cheek and cleared over 3 weeks with substantial dermal-subcutaneous tissue destruction. Orthopoxvirus detection by PCR is a modern diagnostic standard, in addition to identification by negative-contrast electron microscopy. A promising therapeutic option is cidofovir, but this virostatic drug is not yet approved for the treatment of cowpox.

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