title: [A man with a painful finger].
abstract: A 34-year-old man presented with a recurring painful inflammation of his left middle finger, caused by a herpes simplex type 2 infection.
authors.affiliation: Bronovo ziekenhuis, afd. Chirurgie, Den Haag, the Netherlands. lbouwman@bronovo.nl
authors.forename: Lee H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Bouwman
authors.forename: Patrick H M
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Schouwenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D003879:Dermatologic Agents; D015034:Zinc Oxide