Progressive ORF virus infection in a patient with lymphoma: successful treatment using imiquimod

Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jun 1;44(11):e100-3. doi: 10.1086/517509. Epub 2007 Apr 19.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / therapeutic use*
  • Aged
  • Aminoquinolines / therapeutic use*
  • Ecthyma, Contagious / complications
  • Ecthyma, Contagious / drug therapy*
  • Ecthyma, Contagious / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imiquimod
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / complications*

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Aminoquinolines
  • Imiquimod