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R Strumia

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PubMed1984

Simonsiella filaments isolated from erosive lesions of the human oral cavity.

The morphology and cultural characteristics of bacteria of the Simonsiella genus isolated from erosions of oral mucosa are reported here. Direct microscopic examination of smeared oral swabs and the consequent selection of suitable culturing procedures and media are compulsory for recovering Simonsiella microorganisms from clinical specimens in routine work.

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Kaposi's sarcoma in renal transplant recipients: pathogenetic relation between the reduced density of Langerhans cells and cyclosporin-A therapy.

Patients treated with immunosuppressive drugs can develop cancers. The authors present two cases of Kaposi's sarcoma in kidney transplant patients who had been treated with azathioprine, steroids and cyclosporin-A; during this treatment the Langerhans cells decreased and Kaposi's sarcoma appeared. Discontinuation or reduction of the dosage of cyclosporin-A led to complete regression of the illness, and the Langerhans cells reappeared. We suggest that cyclosporin-A damages the immunological function of the epidermal Langerhans cells, and that this is the primary factor in the development of Kaposi's sarcoma.

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HBV-related cutaneous periarteritis nodosa in a patient 16 years after renal transplantation: efficacy of lamivudine.

Cutaneous periarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a clinical feature characterized by chronic, benign course; its pathogenesis is unknown. In patients submitted to renal transplantation cutaneous PAN is a rare complication. We report a case of cutaneous PAN associated with the reappearance of hepatitis B antigen 16 years after kidney transplantation. A 44-year-old man underwent successful renal transplantation in June 1980. In December 1996 he presented multiple painful erythematous subcutaneous nodules on both legs. Skin lesion biopsy showed the presence of cutaneous PAN. Six months later laboratory data demonstrated the presence of HbsAg. HBeAg, HBcAb and detectable HBV-DNA serum by polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) assay. Anti-HBs and anti-HBe proved negative. In July 1998 the laboratory tests showed an important increase of HBV-DNA (5.1 billion by Branched DNA), and so lamivudine (100 mg/day) was introduced. HBV-DNA became undetectable by PCR after 3 months of therapy. Seven months later a new skin biopsy was performed. The typical signs of PAN were no longer evident. As HBV infecion was demonstrated six months after the clinical appearance of the PAN, in a patient who was believed to be immune to the virus, it is possible that, in the early stages, the hepatitis B antigen title was methodologically indeterminable, but sufficient to form circulating immune complexes responsible for vasculitis primer. Lamivudine therapy resulted efficacious in favouring the regression of cutaneous PAN, but its long-term efficacy requires further evaluation as regards potential selection of drug resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutants during treatment.

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