Some human papillomaviruses are thought to be associated with skin cancer. In this pilot study, 21 female renal transplant carriers, 10 with a history of skin squamous cell carcinoma and 11 without, together with 9 age-matched healthy women were investigated for human papillomavirus DNA in sun-exposed (forehead) and less sun-exposed (buttock) skin, mouth and uterine cervix. Paraffin-embedded tu...

Organisms that are not known to cause serious infection in the immunocompetent population can, in fact, cause devastating illness in immunosuppressed neutropenic populations especially those who are undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and solid organ transplantation or a history of malignancy. One organism of interest isolated from immunosuppressed patients at our institu...

Background: EBV-positive Mucocutaneous Ulcer (EBV-MCU) is a newly recognized clinicopathological entity characterized by ulcerated lesions affecting cutaneous and/or mucosal sites typically in immunosuppressed patients.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the differences of genotypic distributions among isolates between immunosuppressed and immunocompetent patients in a Taiwanese population. METHODS Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) isolates from 76 patients with adequate chart data were analyzed. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was used to define gB genotypes which include gB1...

Bacillary angiomatosis (BA) is a rare condition that usually affects immunosuppressed patients. It is a vascular proliferative disorder due to Bartonella henselae or B. quintana. We present here an immunocompetent patient with BA. There was no history of the patient direct or indirect contact with cats.

Plantar warts (verruca plantaris) are benign epithelial tumors caused by HPV 1 (myrmecia) and 2, 27 or, 57 (mosaic). They may be difficult to treat with many failures or recurrences after multiple treatments, especially in immunosuppressed patients.

Fatal myocarditis is a rare complication in immunosuppressed children. Recent reports have linked human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection, typically a benign infection in childhood, with myocarditis. HHV-6 can reactivate during periods of immunosuppression. Here, we report 2 cases in which children were immunosuppressed, one for treatment of Evans syndrome and the other post hematopoietic stem ce...