Herpetic whitlow in an infant

Yanfei LI; Hongxia YAN; Baopeng QI; Jingxue GUO; Qiri MU

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8468.2022.02.011

Pifu-xingbing zhenliaoxue zazhi (Apr 2022)

Herpetic whitlow in an infant

Yanfei LI,
Hongxia YAN,
Baopeng QI,
Jingxue GUO,
Qiri MU

Affiliations

Yanfei LI: Department of Dermatology & STD, First Hospital of Hohhot, Hohhot 010010, China
Hongxia YAN: Department of Dermatology, International Mongolian Hospital of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010020, China
Baopeng QI: Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010110, China
Jingxue GUO: Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010110, China
Qiri MU: Department of Dermatology, International Mongolian Hospital of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010020, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1674-8468.2022.02.011
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 2
pp. 150 – 152

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We report a case of herpetic whitlow in an infant. A 1-year-old baby presented with swelling and erythema of the middle finger in the left hand for more than 1 week. Dermatological examination: there was little transparent blister and perinail erythema of the distal middle finger of left hand. It was positive for herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) dection. A diagnosis of herpetic whitlow was made for this patient. No special treatment was given. The lesions were recovered spontaneously after 10 days. There was no recurrence after 3 months follow-up.

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ISSN: 1674-8468 (Print)
Publisher: editoiral office of Journal of Diagnosis and Therapy on Dermato-venereology
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dermatology
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