Abstract
An 18-year-old patient requiring steroid treatment for severe bronchial asthma and with atopic dermatitis acquired a cowpox-like virus infection clinically similar to smallpox from a domestic cat as carrier. In spite of intensive care, with controlled pressure breathing and the last available vaccinia hyperimmunoglobulin, the patient died of pulmonary embolism although viral spread had ceased some days before.
Publication types
-
Case Reports
-
English Abstract
MeSH terms
-
Adolescent
-
Animals
-
Antigens, Viral / immunology
-
Cat Diseases / transmission*
-
Cats
-
Cowpox / diagnosis*
-
Cowpox virus / immunology
-
Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral / immunology
-
Humans
-
Male
-
Microscopy, Fluorescence
-
Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
-
Opportunistic Infections / transmission
-
Smallpox / diagnosis*
-
Vaccinia / diagnosis*
-
Vaccinia / transmission
-
Vaccinia / veterinary
-
Variola virus / immunology
-
Zoonoses*