title: Linear Darier disease with herpes zoster superinfection treated successfully by brivudine.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Geneva, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Toutous-Trellu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kerl-Bullani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chavaz
authors.forename: J-H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Saurat
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Piguet
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; C020235:brivudine; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine