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Varicella Precipitating Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha‐Habermann Disease
Author(s) -
Hervás Juan A.,
MartínSantiago Ana,
Hervás Daniel,
Gómez Cristina,
Dueñas Joaquín,
Reina Jordi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12008
Subject(s) - medicine , serology , virus , pityriasis , disease , dermatology , virology , immunology , pathology , antibody
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 M ucha‐ H abermann 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.