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Open Access
01-05-2014 | Poster presentation
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis in a HIV patient – case report
Authors:
Anca Răducan, Adina Alexandru, Irina Magdalena Dumitru, Sorin Rugină
Published in:
BMC Infectious Diseases
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Special Issue 4/2014
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Excerpt
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a rare genodermatosis with an autosomal recessive pattern, characterized by an unique susceptibility to chronic cutaneous infections involving specific human papilloma virus (HPV) types in the genus β. Acquired EV, with clinical features similar to those in congenital EV, occurs only in immunocompromised patients, including those with HIV, lymphoma, transplant recipients and patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapy. …