Herpetic whitlow in a child with AIDS: the importance of Tzanck test in the diagnosis()()

Herpetic whitlow is a viral infection of the fingers caused by the herpes simplex virus. The disease has a bimodal age distribution, affecting children under 10 years of age and young adults between 20 and 30 years old. It can be easily mistaken for panaritium or bacterial cellulitis. In patients wi...

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Autores principales: Lima, Ricardo Barbosa, Borges, Mariana de Almeida Pinto, Araújo, Luciana Ferreira de, Martins, Carlos José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2021
Materias:
Tropical/Infectoparasitary Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8245730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34016479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2020.08.017
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author Lima, Ricardo Barbosa
Borges, Mariana de Almeida Pinto
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Martins, Carlos José
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description Herpetic whitlow is a viral infection of the fingers caused by the herpes simplex virus. The disease has a bimodal age distribution, affecting children under 10 years of age and young adults between 20 and 30 years old. It can be easily mistaken for panaritium or bacterial cellulitis. In patients with AIDS, atypical, chronic and recurrent ulcerated lesions occur. The Tzanck test allows a quick and low-cost diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infection. The authors report the case of a child with AIDS with painful finger ulcers in which the diagnosis was confirmed by the Tzanck test.
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spelling pubmed-82457302021-07-02 Herpetic whitlow in a child with AIDS: the importance of Tzanck test in the diagnosis()() Lima, Ricardo Barbosa Borges, Mariana de Almeida Pinto Araújo, Luciana Ferreira de Martins, Carlos José An Bras Dermatol Tropical/Infectoparasitary Dermatology Herpetic whitlow is a viral infection of the fingers caused by the herpes simplex virus. The disease has a bimodal age distribution, affecting children under 10 years of age and young adults between 20 and 30 years old. It can be easily mistaken for panaritium or bacterial cellulitis. In patients with AIDS, atypical, chronic and recurrent ulcerated lesions occur. The Tzanck test allows a quick and low-cost diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infection. The authors report the case of a child with AIDS with painful finger ulcers in which the diagnosis was confirmed by the Tzanck test. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2021 2021-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8245730/ /pubmed/34016479 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2020.08.017 Text en © 2021 Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Tropical/Infectoparasitary Dermatology
Lima, Ricardo Barbosa
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Herpetic whitlow in a child with AIDS: the importance of Tzanck test in the diagnosis()()
title Herpetic whitlow in a child with AIDS: the importance of Tzanck test in the diagnosis()()
title_full Herpetic whitlow in a child with AIDS: the importance of Tzanck test in the diagnosis()()
title_fullStr Herpetic whitlow in a child with AIDS: the importance of Tzanck test in the diagnosis()()
title_full_unstemmed Herpetic whitlow in a child with AIDS: the importance of Tzanck test in the diagnosis()()
title_short Herpetic whitlow in a child with AIDS: the importance of Tzanck test in the diagnosis()()
title_sort herpetic whitlow in a child with aids: the importance of tzanck test in the diagnosis()()
topic Tropical/Infectoparasitary Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8245730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34016479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2020.08.017
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