Case Reports
29 September 2011
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e32

Eczema Herpeticum in Pregnancy

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eczema herpeticum, pregnancy, herpes simplex virus, acyclovir, impetigo
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Grigoriy E. Gurvits
g_gurvits@hotmail.com
New York University School of Medicine, Langone Medical Center, United States.
Jill A. Nord
St. Vincent's Medical Center/ New York Medical College, United States.
Eczema Herpeticum (EH), or Kaposi’s varicelliform eruption, is a skin infection with herpes simplex type I virus (HSV-1) that occurs in patients with compromised skin integrity, such as atopic dermatitis (AD). Unrecognized, it may be fatal and viremia in pregnancy may lead to fetal demise and miscarriage. We describe a rare case of EH in pregnancy, eczema herpeticum gravidarum (EHG), which is the third published report in the literature to date.

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Grigoriy E. Gurvits, New York University School of Medicine, Langone Medical Center

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Jill A. Nord, St. Vincent's Medical Center/ New York Medical College

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Eczema Herpeticum in Pregnancy. (2011). Dermatology Reports, 3(2), e32. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e32