title: Varicella precipitating febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease.
abstract: We report a 9-year-old boy with skin lesions clinically and histologically compatible with pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta that evolved to the severe variant febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease and finally to pityriasis lichenoides chronica. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) was isolated in culture medium from the skin lesions and serum serology was positive for VZV. This is the first time that a virus has been isolated in culture in this condition.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Sciences-IUNIC, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hervás
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martín-Santiago
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hervás
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dueñas
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reina
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005334:Fever / Q000821:virology*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000821:virology*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000821:virology; D017514:Pityriasis Lichenoides / Q000821:virology*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000821:virology*