ABSTRACT
Abstract Cytomegalovirus is an opportunistic virus that commonly affects immunosuppressed patients. Cutaneous involvement by this virus is rare and occurs in significantly immunocompromised hosts, with a poor prognosis. Skin ulcers may represent the first sign of systemic infection by cytomegalovirus in these patients. Herein, a case of a systemic infection by Cytomegalovirus presenting as genital and oral ulcers in a kidney-transplant recipient is reported.
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Aged , Humans , Male , Cytomegalovirus Infections/pathology , Immunocompetence , Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects , Skin Diseases, Viral/pathology , Cytomegalovirus Infections/immunology , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Skin Diseases, Viral/immunology , Skin Ulcer/pathology , Skin Ulcer/virologyABSTRACT
Desde as primeiras descrições da aids, no início da década de 1980, a infecção herpética é vista como uma das doenças oportunistas mais prevalentes em pacientes com retrovirose. A infecção pelo herpes-vírus simples tipo 2, agente etiológico de 60 a 90 por cento dos casos de herpes genital, é bastante comum em pacientes com aids. O acometimento mucocutâneo pelo herpes-vírus simples tipo 2 pode ser grave e prolongado (persistente por mais de um mês), sendo caracterizado como doença definidora de aids.
Since the first reports and descriptions of AIDS in the early 1980s, herpetic infection has been considered as one of the most prevalent and opportunistic aids related infections in patients with retroviral diseases Infection by Herpes simplex type 2 (HSV-2), the etiologic agent responsible for 60 percent to 90 percent of the cases of genital herpes, is very common among patients suffering from AIDS. Herpes simplex type 2 infection may cause severe and prolonged (over a period of time of one month) mucocutaneous onset of the disease, being characterized as an aids defining clinical condition.