Occult herpes simplex virus colonization of bullous dermatitides

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology
Arjen F NikkelsGérald E Piérard

Abstract

Acantholytic disorders, including pemphigus vulgaris, chronic benign familial pemphigus (Hailey-Hailey disease, superficial pemphigus), Darier disease, and Grover transient acantholytic dermatosis, as well as other vesiculo-bullous disorders, including bullous pemphigoid, epidermolysis bullosa, and atopic dermatitis, are prone to florid infections by herpes simplex virus (HSV)-I and -II, and, more rarely, by varicella-zoster virus (VZV). As these infections are difficult to recognize clinically and histologically, their frequency remains unknown. A possible occult viral colonization has never been documented in these disorders. The manner in which the primary bullous disorders are contaminated by herpesviridae remains unclear. To retrospectively assess the possible presence of HSV and VZV in a series of biopsies of acantholytic disorders and bullous pemphigoid. The typical alpha-herpesviridae-related cytopathic signs were searched for by conventional microscopy in skin biopsies of patients with bullous pemphigoid (n = 20), pemphigus vulgaris (n = 19), Darier disease (n = 18), chronic benign familial pemphigus (n = 3), and Grover transient acantholytic dermatosis (n = 3). Immunohistochemistry (IHC) targeted specific HSV-I, HSV-I...Continue Reading

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