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Ex Vivo Infection of Murine Epidermis with Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1
Published on: August 24, 2015
Herpes simplex virus in erythrokeratoderma variabilis
Shields Callahan1, Euphemia Mu, Randie H Kim
1Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center.
Abstract:
We report a 48 -year-old woman witherythrokeratoderma variabilis, which is a rarehereditary disorder of keratinization, who developednew, painful, blisters within her skin lesions. Thediagnosis of herpes simplex virus infection was madebased on the clinical history and histopathologicfeatures. She was successfully treated withprophylactic valacyclovir, and her herpetic outbreakshave halted. This case serves as a reminder thateven among the most rare skin disorders, commonsecondary complications may be easily overlooked.
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