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Gerard A. DeOreo, M.D.; Benjamin P. Persky, M.D.; Allen E. Walker, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;73(3):286-288.

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Echthyma Contagiosum. Presented (by invitation) by DR. JAMES H. MCCREARY, JOHN H. HELWIG, D.V.M., CLARENCE R. COLE, D.V.M., and KARL FEISTKORN, D.V.M.

A 25-year-old veterinary student, accidentally abraded his left index finger on the tooth of a sheep infected with contagious echthyma. One week later a vesicle surrounded by an erythematous halo developed at the site of the abrasion. One week later the patient developed enlarged tender lymph nodes in the epitrochlear and axillary areas. These nodes eventually receded without suppuration. The primary lesion on the finger gradually resolved and was healed within a month.

During the first week of the infection the patient had symptoms of coryza but he did not relate it to the infection of the finger. No other systemic symptoms or objective findings were observed.

Echthyma Contagiosum (Orf). Presented (by invitation) by DR. JAMES H. MCCREARY, JOHN H. HELWIG, D.V.M., CLARENCE R. COLE, D.V.M., and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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