Trichodysplasia Spinulosa Polyomavirus in Respiratory Tract of Immunocompromised Child

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Sep;24(9):1744-1746. doi: 10.3201/eid2409.180829.

Abstract

Trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus causes trichodysplasia spinulosa, a skin infection, in immunocompromised persons, but the virus is rarely detected in respiratory samples. Using PCR, we detected persistent virus in respiratory and skin samples from an immunocompromised boy with respiratory signs but no characteristic skin spicules. This virus may play a role in respiratory illness.

Keywords: PCR; TSPyV; United Kingdom; child; human polyomavirus 8; polyomavirus; respiratory infections; respiratory tract; trichodysplasia spinulosa; trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus; viruses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • England
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Male
  • Polyomavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Polyomavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / diagnosis*