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Eczema herpeticum in a patient with Darier;s disease duringtreatment with etretinate
Abstract
- We report a case of eczema herpeticum associated with secondry staphylococcal infection in a 19 year-old male patient with Dariers disease during tratment with etretinate. Diagnosis was made by the history, clinical feature and histologic examination with light microscope & electron microscope. This patients condition was improved by the treatment with systemic and topical antibiotics within 1 week of admission.