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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

varicella impetigo, bullous chicken pox

Body Site

diaper area vulva (labia) groin thigh

Age

3 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

Comments

A 3 year old girl with healing varicella developed an expanding crusted bulla in the diaper area. A bacterial culture grew Staphylococcus aureus and the bullae healed quickly with oral antistaphylococcal antibiotics.

Description

drying varicella vesicles and expanding crusted superficial bulla

Categories

infections and infestations vesiculobullous eruptions

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7/30/2001 20:36:27

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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