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15523368

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
The West Nile Virus (WNV) has rapidly emerged as an important etiology of meningoencephalitis in North America since 1999. Diagnosis of this infection on clinical grounds is difficult, as many signs and symptoms of infection are nonspecific. Although cutaneous manifestations are common in WNV-infected patients, these have not been described in detail nor are clinical images widely available. We describe 3 patients with WNV infections, two ambulatory, one hospitalized, who developed punctate erythematous, macular, and papular eruptions, most pronounced on the extremities. Histopathologic findings in one case showed a sparse superficial perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate, a feature commonly seen in viral exanthems but not previously reported with WNV infection. A literature review provides support that this punctate exanthem is a common cutaneous presentation of WNV infection.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1097-6787
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
820-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-1-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Punctate exanthem of West Nile Virus infection: report of 3 cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review