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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.

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