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Herpetic whitlow in an AIDS patient
M D García-Plata1, J C Moreno-Giménez, A Vélez García
1Sección de Dermatología del Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain.
Abstract:
This case confirms that cutaneous herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in many AIDS patients is important not only for the difficulty in diagnosis of herpetic lesions, but also for the possibility that co-infection by HSV and HIV can adversely affect prognosis in these patients.