Eczema herpeticum: a dermatologic emergency.
Eczema herpeticum is a potentially life-threatening herpetic superinfection of a pre-existing skin disease. Despite the availability of antiviral therapies, eczema herpeticum remains a dermatologic emergency today. Two representative cases of eczema herpeticum along with discussion of the etiology, means of diagnosis, treatments, and complications of eczema herpeticum are presented.
Mackley
Christine L
CL
Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.
Adams
David R
DR
Anderson
Bryan
B
Miller
Jeffrey J
JJ
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007617:Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D018139:Simplexvirus