Linear Darier disease with herpes zoster superinfection treated successfully by brivudine.
We report the case of a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient presenting linear Darier disease with varicella-zoster virus superinfection following the lines of Blaschko. The lesions healed after treatment with brivudine.
Abraham
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S
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Geneva, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
Jones
A
A
Toutous-Trellu
L
L
Kerl-Bullani
K
K
Chavaz
P
P
Saurat
J-H
JH
Piguet
V
V
D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007644:Darier Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015163:Superinfection / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000998:Antiviral Agents; C020235:brivudine; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine