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G rover's disease secondarily infected with herpes simplex virus and S taphylococcus aureus : Case report and review
Author(s) -
Bunce Penelope AM,
Stanford Duncan G
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2012.00949.x
Subject(s) - medicine , staphylococcus aureus , herpes simplex virus , valaciclovir , disease , virology , darier's disease , virus , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , herpesviridae , viral disease , bacteria , biology , pathology , genetics
The case of a 73‐year old man with herpes simplex and staphylococcus aureus infection complicating established G rover's disease is presented. This was treated successfully with valaciclovir. While reports of bacterial and herpetic infections complicating other acantholytic diseases, such as Darier's disease, have been published previously, only one publication to date shows herpes simplex infection in G rover's disease.