title: Eczema herpeticum: a dermatologic emergency.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Christine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Mackley
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: 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