IS CRUSTED (NORWEGIAN) SCABIES A MARKER OF ADULT T-CELL LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA IN HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE-I-SEROPOSITIVE PATIENTS/

Authors
DELGIUDICE P SAINTEMARIE D GERARD Y COUPPIE P PRADINAUD R
Citation
P. Delgiudice et al., IS CRUSTED (NORWEGIAN) SCABIES A MARKER OF ADULT T-CELL LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA IN HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE-I-SEROPOSITIVE PATIENTS/, The Journal of infectious diseases, 176(4), 1997, pp. 1090-1092
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221899
Volume
176
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1090 - 1092
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1899(1997)176:4<1090:IC(SAM>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Human T cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-induced immunosuppress ion has been suggested to explain the occurrence of crusted scabies in HTLV-I-infected patients. HTLV-I is the etiologic agent of adult T ce ll leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). Crusted scabies diagnosed in 6 HTLV-I-sero positive patients was studied to look for an association with ATL. Fou r of the 6 either had concomitant ATL when crusted scabies was diagnos ed or developed ATL a few months later. These findings suggest that th e occurrence of crusted scabies in patients seropositive for HTLV-I co uld represent a sign of marked immunosuppression related to ATL.