Infective dermatitis of Jamaican children: a marker for HTLV-I infection
Abstract
In Jamaican children infective dermatitis is a chronic eczema associated with refractory nonvirulent Staphylococcus aureus or beta-haemolytic streptococcus infection of the skin and nasal vestibule. 14 children between the ages of 2 and 17 years with typical infective dermatitis, attending the dermatology clinic at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Jamaica, were tested for antibody to human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1). All were seropositive, whereas 11 children of similar age with atopic eczema were all negative. In 2 of 2 cases of infective dermatitis, the biological mother was HTLV-1 seropositive. None of the 14 patients showed signs of adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma, though experience with previous cases of infective dermatitis indicates the possibility of such progression.
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HTLV-1 infection is linked with an elevated rate of opportunistic infections, including uveitis, Sjögren's syndrome, infective dermatitis, bronchiectasis, and inflammatory disorders such as arthritis.
“This includes uveitis [93], Sjögren’s syndrome [94], infective dermatitis [95], bronchiectasis [96], and inflammatory disorders such as arthritis [97], amongst others [11,97,98,99].”
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- Authors
- Blattner, W., LaGrenade, L., Hanchard, B., Fletcher, V., & Cranston, B.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of the West Indies System (JM)
- University of the West Indies (TT)
- Corresponding author
- Blattner, W.
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1990-12
- Volume
- 336
- Issue
- 8727
- Pages
- 1345-1347
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2066591972
- Cited by
- 453
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 5.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (N01-CP3-1006-00)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research
- Keywords
- infective dermatitis, HTLV-1 infection, children, chronic eczema, Staphylococcus aureus, atopic dermatitis, seropositivity, mother-to-child transmission, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, Jamaica
- MeSH terms
- Acute Disease, Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Dermatitis, Female, Humans, Immune Tolerance, Jamaica, Male, Recurrence, Skin Diseases, Infectious, HTLV-I Antibodies, HTLV-I Infections
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