Erythema multiforme in a newborn associated with acute acquired cytomegalovirus infection.
Erythema multiforme is exceptional in newborns, and none of the few available reports has revealed a clear etiologic agent, not even herpes simplex virus. Immunocompetent patients rarely present with cutaneous cytomegalovirus involvement, and few cases of cytomegalovirus-associated erythema multiforme have been described, none of them in newborns. We report the first case of erythema multiforme in a newborn associated with cytomegalovirus infection.
Departments of DermatologyPediatric Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
Deysy E
DE
Cieza-Díaz
Minia
M
Campos-Domínguez
María del Mar
Mdel M
Santos-Sebastián
María del Carmen
Mdel C
Fernández-Antón Martínez
María del Carmen
Mdel C
Ceballos-Rodríguez
María Luisa
ML
Navarro-Gómez
Ricardo
R
Suárez-Fernández
D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D004892:Erythema Multiforme / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007231:Infant, Newborn