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Kaposi's varicelliform eruption in an HIV‐positive patient after laser resurfacing
Author(s) -
RodriguezSerna M,
Mercader P,
Pardo J,
ForteaBaixauli JM,
Aliaga A
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.01041.x
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , dermatology , herpes virus , virus , virology
Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (KVE) is an infection produced by the cutaneous dissemination of herpes virus type 1 or 2. Usually this disease has been described in atopic patients. In this report we present an HIV‐positive woman with a Kaposi's varicelliform eruption that started after skin resurfacing with a laser. This is the first report, to the best of our knowledge, of Kaposi's varicelliform eruption after laser resurfacing. The immunodepressed status of the patient may have played a role in her infection.