Risk for herpes transmission high from asymptomatic patients
People with herpes simplex virus type 2 that do not experience clinical signs and symptoms still shed the virus.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Blisters on the lip and in the mouth
A 35-year-old white woman presented with grouped vesicles and superficial crusting on both lips and grouped erosions on the gingiva and hard palate.
Vesicle on the lip after intense sun exposure
A man presents with a six-month history of oral lesions that led to blistering and ulceration following intense sun exposure.
Urinary tract symptoms and genital herpes
Consider genital herpes in the differential diagnosis of chronic dysuria.
Chronic suppressive antiviral therapy for herpes labialis
What information do you have on resistance rates among antivirals for herpes simplex virus?
A guide to recognizing and treating herpes
Which diagnostic test do you choose? Which treatment? What can you tell patients about recurrence? A dermatologist has the answers.
Target lesions in a patient with acne
Numerous red target lesions develop on the extremities of a young woman being treated for acne.
Similar-appearing vesicles
Two women, the first bedridden with high fever and the second otherwise healthy, present with a vesicular rash.
CDC: Older patients need shingles shot
The herpes zoster (shingles) vaccination is now recommended for people older than 60 years…
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