posted on 2015-03-29, 00:00authored byWhitney Fancher, Amanda Marsch, John Landers, Jane Scribner, James A. Lovell
Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) may occur in immunosuppressed patients, most commonly causing visceral organ
involvement and rarely presenting solely with cutaneous lesions. We report an interesting case of disseminated HSV in a 77-yearold
immunocompromised man, presenting as necrotic papules and pustules with no associated systemic involvement.
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