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A disseminated vesicular-pustular eruption caused by the herpes simplex virus (HERPESVIRUS HOMINIS), the VACCINIA VIRUS, or Varicella zoster (HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN). It is usually superimposed on a preexisting, inactive or active, atopic dermatitis (DERMATITIS, ATOPIC).
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- Kaposi's Varicelliform Eruption
- Eruption, Kaposi Varicelliform
- Eruption, Kaposi's Varicelliform
- Kaposis Varicelliform Eruption
- Varicelliform Eruption, Kaposi
- Varicelliform Eruption, Kaposi's
- Eczema Herpeticum
- Eczema Vaccinatum
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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98; was KAPOSI'S VARICELLIFORM ERUPTION 1963-97
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007617. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007617
- Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eczema_herpeticum
- Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3718816