Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Eczema Herpeticum and Clinical Criteria for Investigating Smallpox

David A. Boyd

, Leonard C. Sperling, and Scott A. Norton

Author affiliations: Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA (D.A. Boyd); Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (L.C. Sperling, S.A. Norton)

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Photomicrographs of the patient’s eczema herpeticum. A) Epithelial necrosis with cellular ballooning and multinucleated giant cells. B) Ballooning degeneration of keratinocytes. C) Positive immunohistochemical stain for herpes simplex virus.

Figure 2. Photomicrographs of the patient’s eczema herpeticum. A) Epithelial necrosis with cellular ballooning and multinucleated giant cells. B) Ballooning degeneration of keratinocytes. C) Positive immunohistochemical stain for herpes simplex virus.

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