Four cases of vesicular lesions in adults caused by enterovirus infections.
Echovirus types 4 and 33 and coxsackievirus type B1 were recovered from vesicular lesions in four adults. Patient 1 had cutaneous localized vesicles, patient 2 had a recurrent cutaneous vesicle, and patients 3 and 4 had mucosal vesicles. Three of the patients were suspected of having herpesvirus lesions. One of the patients was a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-seropositive man, and the enterovirus infection was the first clinical manifestation. Our results underline the importance of virological diagnosis before treatment with acyclovir, especially for immunocompromised patients.
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Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Faculté de Médicine, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Peigue-Lafeuille
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Laveran
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Beytout
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Roger
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D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
D000212:Acyclovir