Herpetic Whitlow and Keratitis
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 97 (6) , 1079-1081
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1979.01020010533003
Abstract
• Two patients had herpes simplex infection of the fingertips (herpetic whitlow) associated with herpetic keratitis. Both patients were health-care professionals who probably acquired their disease from patients. Herpetic whitlow can be distinguished from a paronychia by the lack of a tense pulp space, formation of vesicles, and serous (rather than purulent) drainage. The fingertip inflammation resolves spontaneously, leaving normal healthy skin, in about two weeks.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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