Kaposi varicelliform eruption or eczema herpeticum is a potentially life ... Kaposi varicelliform eruption should be maintained in children with atopic dermatitis who have a vesicular eruption.

This patient was markedly ill on admission and had a distinctive varioliform eruption with lesions in a uniform stage of evolution. Consequently, smallpox was included in the differential ...

Swab testing detected a herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 infection, confirming the diagnosis of eczema herpeticum (or Kaposi‘s varicelliform eruption). As the patient became increasingly ...