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Case Reports
. 2023 Feb 19:35:108-111.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2022.12.027. eCollection 2023 May.

Trichodysplasia spinulosa treated with intravenous cidofovir in a patient with a heart transplant and chronic kidney disease

Benjamin Eduardo Swaby  1 , Camila Ortiz  2 , Keily Ortega  3 , Debra Tucker  3 , Alaina J James  2
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Case Reports

Trichodysplasia spinulosa treated with intravenous cidofovir in a patient with a heart transplant and chronic kidney disease

Benjamin Eduardo Swaby et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: antiviral; cidofovir; immunosuppression; intravenous; polyomavirus; transplant; trichodysplasia spinulosa.

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Fig 1
Front (A) and side (B) profiles of the patient before cidofovir infusion.
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Front (A) and side (B) profiles of the patient 2 months after cidofovir infusion.
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One year after infusions.
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