ECZEMA HERPETICUM (EH): CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC FEATURES
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Eczema herpeticum in pregnancy
Eczema herpeticum (EH), or Kaposi's varicelliform eruption, is a skin infection with herpes simplex type I virus (HSV-1) that occurs in patients with compromised skin integrity, such as atopic dermatitis (AD). Unrecognized, it may be fatal and viremia in pregnancy may lead to fetal demise and miscarriage. We describe a rare case of EH in pregnancy, eczema herpeticum gravidarum (EHG), which is t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198704010-00560