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Congenital Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infection Mimicking Congenital Erosive and Vesicular Dermatosis: Possible Pathogenic Insights
Author(s) -
Swarbrick Andrew W.,
Blyth Christopher C.,
Halbert Anne R.
Publication year - 2017
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.13166
Subject(s) - etiology , medicine , herpes simplex virus , hsl and hsv , virus , virology , dermatology , immunology , pathology
Congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis ( CEVD ) is a rare entity of unknown etiology. We report a case of congenital herpes simplex virus ( HSV ) type 1 infection that healed with reticulated and supple scarring, similar to that seen in CEVD . Twenty percent of previously reported cases of CEVD had recurrent HSV infection throughout the first year of life. We postulate that at least some previous cases of CEVD may have been due to undiagnosed congenital HSV infection.