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- Title
Herpetic whitlow in the course of combined immunosuppression.
- Authors
Batista, Bárbara; Escária, Susana; Almeida, Filipe Morais; Fernandes, Vasco; Moraes-Fontes, Maria Francisca
- Abstract
The article describes the case of a 39-year-old man who complained of a painful left index finger with coalescent yellowish vesicular lesions and erythematous margins. Topics discussed include his renal failure three years earlier due to membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, refractory to steroids and Cyclosporin A (CSA); findings on physical examination; and a discussion on herpetic whitlow.
- Subjects
HERPES simplex treatment; HERPES simplex; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; ORAL drug administration; ADALIMUMAB; PREDNISOLONE; VALACYCLOVIR
- Publication
Rheumatology, 2020, Vol 59, Issue 8, p1817
- ISSN
1462-0324
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/kez643