Kostopoulos Markos, Gerodimos Charalampos, Batsila Eirini, Kalinou Christina, Athanassiou Panagiotis
Rheumatology Department, General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Agios Pavlos", Thessaloniki, Greece.
Consultant General Practitioner, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Mediterr J Rheumatol. 2018 Jun 29;29(2):89-91. doi: 10.31138/mjr.29.2.89. eCollection 2018 Jun.
Orf disease is a viral infection, affecting patients being involved in the care of livestock either professionally or habitually. It is also known as ecthyma contagious, contagious pustular dermatitis or infectious euphoria being a rare zoonotic disease caused by an epitheliotropic DNA virus from the parapoxvirus group. We report a case of Orf disease affecting the hand of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on treatment with methotrexate and adalimumab, an anti-tumor necrosis factor biological agent. The patient was successfully treated with doxycycline, while immunosuppressive treatment was discontinued.
羊痘疮病是一种病毒感染，影响专业或习惯性从事家畜护理工作的患者。它也被称为接触性脓疱性皮炎、传染性脓疱性皮炎或传染性湿疹，是由副痘病毒属的嗜上皮性DNA病毒引起的一种罕见的人畜共患病。我们报告了一例羊痘疮病病例，患者为一名类风湿关节炎（RA）患者，正在接受甲氨蝶呤和抗肿瘤坏死因子生物制剂阿达木单抗治疗，手部受到感染。患者用强力霉素成功治愈，同时停用了免疫抑制治疗。
