AN INDOLENT PENILE HERPETIC ULCER IN A PATIENT WITH PREVIOUSLY UNDIAGNOSED HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION

Authors
TAYAL SC PATTMAN RS MCLELLAND J SVILAND L SNOW MH
Citation
Sc. Tayal et al., AN INDOLENT PENILE HERPETIC ULCER IN A PATIENT WITH PREVIOUSLY UNDIAGNOSED HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION, British journal of dermatology, 138(2), 1998, pp. 334-336
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
138
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
334 - 336
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1998)138:2<334:AIPHUI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We report a case of an atypical penile herpetic ulcer in a mall with p reviously undiagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, Sw abs of the lesion were negative for herpes simplex virus (HSV) by cult ure and electron microscopy, However histopathology of biopsy material showed characteristic herpetic multinucleate giant sells, Immunochemi stry using polyclonal antibodies was positive for HSV1 and HSV2. The l esion completely resolved after treatment with aciclovir and the patie nt subsequently tested positively for HIV antibodies.