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- High-dose or long-term therapy with glucocorticoids or immunosuppressive, cytotoxic therapy
- Malignancies: tumours originating from cells closely related to cells of the immune system: Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, multiple myeloma, etc.
- Acquired or congenital immunodeficiency diseases:
- HIV infection
- Acquired immunodeficiencies (see below immunodeficiencies; see below organ transplants, skin changes)
- Congenital immunodeficiency syndromes (see below immunodeficiencies, T-cellular, primary; see below immunodeficiency, variable, primary).
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Common opportunistic infections of the skin
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Pathogen |
Clinic |
Bacteria |
Staphylococci, streptococci, Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Boils, abscesses, ecthyma, impetigo |
Mycobacterium kansasii, M. avium intracellular |
atypical mycobacterioses |
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mycobacterium tuberculosis |
Tuberculosis cutis |
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Bartonella henselae or quintana |
bacillary angiomatosis |
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Viruses |
herpes simplex virus |
Herpes simplex recidivans (+generalisatus) |
Varicella zoster virus |
Zoster over several dermatomes, zoster generalisatus |
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Epstein-Barr virus |
Hair leukoplakia, oral |
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Cytomegalovirus |
cutaneous ulcerations |
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human papillomaviruses |
Verrucae vulgaris, Condylomata acuminata |
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poxvirus mollusci |
contagious mollusc |
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Mushrooms |
Candida spp. |
oral thrush, candidaintertrigo, disseminated candidosis |
oval pityrosporon |
seborrheic eczema (?), pityriasis versicolor, pityrosporon folliculitis |
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cryptococcus neoformans |
cutaneous cryptococcosis |
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Aspergillus fumigatus |
cutaneous aspergillosis, aspergillomas |
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immitis coccidioidis |
Coccidioidomycosis |
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histoplasm capsulatum |
cutaneous histoplasmosis |
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Incoming links (5)
Aids; CVID; Immunodeficient t-cell primary; Infectious diseases of the skin; Organ transplants, skin changes;Outgoing links (7)
Aids; CVID; Glucocorticosteroids; Immunodeficiencies (overview); Immunodeficient t-cell primary; Immunosuppressive drugs; Organ transplants, skin changes;Disclaimer
Please ask your physician for a reliable diagnosis. This website is only meant as a reference.
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer