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Cowpox infection of the nose

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

W. C. Lee ,
G. Manjaly ,
D. W. Skinner  and
P. M. O'Neil
W. C. Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury, UK
G. Manjaly
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury, UK
D. W. Skinner
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury, UK
P. M. O'Neil
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr W. C. Lee, ENT Registrar, Department of Otolaryngology, Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury SY1 1JS. Fax: 01743 357925.
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Abstract

A case of cowpox infection presenting as a necrotising cellulitis of the nasal tip and vestibule is reported. Diagnosis was established by identification of the pox virus particles from tissue culture of the nasal biopsy using electronic microscopy and the characteristic lesions on chorio-allantoic membrane produced by the virus. Cowpox of the external nose and transmission of the infection from a dog have not to our knowledge been reported previously.

Keywords

CowpoxDogsNose
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 8 , August 1996 , pp. 782 - 784
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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