Herpes Simplex Virus Infection, Neonatal Herpes Simplex Infection - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Herpes simplex virus infection neonatal herpes simplex infection

Body Site

abdomen arm

Age

11 days

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

yellow red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

A healthy newborn developed scattered 3-5 mm irregularly shaped round to lancet shaped vesicles on a narrow red base at 5 days of age. Her liver enzymes were dramatically elevated, she began to feed poorly, and she developed a fever. After multiple cultures were obtained she was treated with parenteral acyclovir, and her clinical and laboratory parameters normalized within several days as the vesicles began to heal.

Description

flat topped irregularly shaped oval yellow vesicle on a narrow red base

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11/13/2011 20:36:40

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