Atypical Varicella Exanthems Associated With Skin Injury
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pediatric Dermatology
- Vol. 11 (2), 129-132
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1470.1994.tb00566.x
Abstract
Varicella is a common childhood disease with a typical exanthem. We present four children with severe, localized disease, all associated with some form of trauma to the skin during the incubation period: a 3 1/2-year-old boy sustained wasp stings on the hand, a 5-year-old boy received extensive sun exposure, a neonate had iatrogenic trauma to her arm, and a 13-year-old boy underwent knee arthroscopy and was wearing a cast. It is postulated that such injuries to the skin either allowed more virus-infected cells to enter the skin at the sites, or that factors such as insect venom and ultraviolet light altered local immunity to varicella zoster virus.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Photolocalized varicellaJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1992
- A Controlled Trial of Acyclovir for Chickenpox in Normal ChildrenNew England Journal of Medicine, 1991
- Natural history of large local reactions from stinging insectsJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1984
- Role of cell-mediated immunity in Hymenoptera allergyJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1981