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Rev Cent Dermatol Pascua 2005; 14 (1)

Scabies in immunosuppressed patient

Marín E, Eng A, Velázquez E

Language: Spanish
References: 30
Page: 31-34
PDF size: 75.51 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Kaposi´s varicelliform eruption is a serious viral infection due mostly to herpes simplex type 1 virus. It occurs in patients with preexisting dermatoses and impaired humoral and cell dependant immunity. We present the case of a man with this diagnosis along with a brief review on the subject.


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