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Eczema herpeticum is a rare but severe disseminated
Disseminated disease

Disseminated disease refers to a diffuse disease process, generally either infectious disease or neoplastic, but sometimes also referring to connective tissue disease....
 herpes infection that generally occurs at sites of skin damage produced by, for example, atopic dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis

Atopic dermatitis is an inflammation, chronically relapsing, non-contagious and pruritis skin disease. It has been given names like "prurigo Besnier," "neurodermitis," "endogenous eczema," "flexural eczema," "infantile eczema," and "prurigo diathsique"....
, burns, or eczema
Eczema

Eczema is a form of dermatitis, or inflammation of the epidermis. The term eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent skin conditions....
. It is also known as Kaposi varicelliform eruption. This condition is most commonly caused by herpes simplex virus
Herpes simplex virus

Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 are two species of the herpes virus family, Herpesviridae, which cause infections in humans. Eight members of herpes virus infect humans to cause a variety of illnesses including cold sores, chickenpox or varicella, shingles or herpes zoster , cytomegalovirus , and various cancers, and can cause brain...
 type 1 or 2, but may also be caused by coxsackievirus
Coxsackievirus

Coxsackievirus is the name of two groups of enteroviruses:* Coxsackie A viruses* Coxsackie BCoxsackieviruses belong to a family of non enveloped Positive-sense_ssRNA_virus, Picornaviridae and the genus Enterovirus, which also includes poliovirus, echovirus and hepatitis A virus....
 A16, or vaccinia virus. This infection affects multiple organ
Organ

Organ may refer to:*Organ , a group of tissues in the body which perform some function*Organ , a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone...
s, including the eye
Eye

Eyes are Organ that detect light, and send signals along the optic nerve to the visual system and other areas of the brain. Complex optical systems with resolving power have come in ten fundamentally different forms, and 96% of animal species possess a complex optical system....
s, brain
Brain

The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate, and most invertebrate, animals. Some primitive animals such as cnidarian and echinoderm have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all....
, lung
Lung

The lung is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located in the chest on either side of the heart....
, and liver
Liver

The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals; it has a wide range of functions, a few of which are detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion....
, and can be fatal.






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Eczema herpeticum is a rare but severe disseminated
Disseminated disease

Disseminated disease refers to a diffuse disease process, generally either infectious disease or neoplastic, but sometimes also referring to connective tissue disease....
 herpes infection that generally occurs at sites of skin damage produced by, for example, atopic dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis

Atopic dermatitis is an inflammation, chronically relapsing, non-contagious and pruritis skin disease. It has been given names like "prurigo Besnier," "neurodermitis," "endogenous eczema," "flexural eczema," "infantile eczema," and "prurigo diathsique"....
, burns, or eczema
Eczema

Eczema is a form of dermatitis, or inflammation of the epidermis. The term eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent skin conditions....
. It is also known as Kaposi varicelliform eruption. This condition is most commonly caused by herpes simplex virus
Herpes simplex virus

Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 are two species of the herpes virus family, Herpesviridae, which cause infections in humans. Eight members of herpes virus infect humans to cause a variety of illnesses including cold sores, chickenpox or varicella, shingles or herpes zoster , cytomegalovirus , and various cancers, and can cause brain...
 type 1 or 2, but may also be caused by coxsackievirus
Coxsackievirus

Coxsackievirus is the name of two groups of enteroviruses:* Coxsackie A viruses* Coxsackie BCoxsackieviruses belong to a family of non enveloped Positive-sense_ssRNA_virus, Picornaviridae and the genus Enterovirus, which also includes poliovirus, echovirus and hepatitis A virus....
 A16, or vaccinia virus. This infection affects multiple organ
Organ

Organ may refer to:*Organ , a group of tissues in the body which perform some function*Organ , a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone...
s, including the eye
Eye

Eyes are Organ that detect light, and send signals along the optic nerve to the visual system and other areas of the brain. Complex optical systems with resolving power have come in ten fundamentally different forms, and 96% of animal species possess a complex optical system....
s, brain
Brain

The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate, and most invertebrate, animals. Some primitive animals such as cnidarian and echinoderm have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all....
, lung
Lung

The lung is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located in the chest on either side of the heart....
, and liver
Liver

The liver is a vital organ present in vertebrates and some other animals; it has a wide range of functions, a few of which are detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion....
, and can be fatal. It can be treated with systemic antiviral drug
Antiviral drug

Antiviral drugs are a class of medication used specifically for treating virus infections. Like antibiotics for bacteria, specific antivirals are used for specific viruses....
s, such as acyclovir or valaciclovir
Valaciclovir

Valaciclovir or valacyclovir is an antiviral drug used in the management of herpes simplex and herpes zoster . It is a prodrug, being converted in vivo to aciclovir....
.

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