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Chronic hyperkeratotic herpes zoster and human immunodeficiency virus infection
1Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
A patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection had hyperkeratotic papules in the T 11 and T 12 dermatomes in which she previously had papulovesicular herpes zoster. Findings of a biopsy specimen and viral culture of these papules subsequently revealed varicella-zoster that eventually responded to prolonged high-dose acyclovir therapy and debridement. A review of reported cases of hyperkeratotic varicella-zoster infections is presented, in addition to our recommendations for the treatment of varicella-zoster infection in patients who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.