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Fatal outcome due to bacterial superinfection of eczema herpeticum in a patient with mycosis fungoides.

Dermatol Online J. 2008;14(6):21

Authors: Mallo-García S, Coto-Segura P, Suárez-Casado H, Caminal L, Sánchez-del-Río J, Santos-Juanes J

Kaposi varicelliform eruption or eczema herpeticum is well known to be associated with several chronic dermatoses, including atopic dermatitis, foliaceus pemphigus, seborrheic dermatitis, Darier disease, and congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma. Although less frequently, it has also been described in cases of mycosis fungoides and Sèzary syndrome. We would like to report an extremely rare case of a woman with a T-cell cutaneous lymphoma who developed disseminated cutaneous herpes simplex with S. aureus sepsis and a fatal outcome.

PMID: 18713601 [PubMed - in process]