Cowpox after a cat scratch – case report from Poland

Cowpox after a cat scratch – case report from Poland

Cowpox in humans is a rare zoonotic disease; its recognition is therefore problematic due to the lack of clinical experience. The differential diagnosis includes other poxvirus infections and also infections with herpesviruses or selected bacteria. The clinical course can be complicated and the impr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 2015-09, Vol.22 (879957), p.456-458
Hauptverfasser: Karolina Świtaj, Piotr Kajfasz, Andreas Kurth, Andreas Nitsche
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cowpox
Orthopoxvirus
eschar
skin lesion
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Zusammenfassung:Cowpox in humans is a rare zoonotic disease; its recognition is therefore problematic due to the lack of clinical experience. The differential diagnosis includes other poxvirus infections and also infections with herpesviruses or selected bacteria. The clinical course can be complicated and the improvement may take weeks. Late diagnosis is one of the causes of unnecessary combined antibiotic therapy or surgical intervention. A case of cowpox after a cat scratch in a 15-year-old girl is presented, with a summary of the available clinical data on cowpox infections.
ISSN:1232-1966
1898-2263