Fulminant herpetic sycosis: Atypical presentation of primary herpetic infection

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 284-286

  Campanelli, A ^a   Marazza, G ^a   Stucki, L ^a   Abraham, S ^a   Prins, C ^a   Kaya, G ^a   Piguet, V ^a   Saurat, J H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Folliculitis; Herpes simplex virus; Sycosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG INDICATION; DYSPHAGIA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FULMINANT HERPETIC SYCOSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PAIN; PAPULAR SKIN DISEASE; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FOLLICULITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 2342519313     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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