Recurrent eczema herpeticum - a retrospective European multicenter study evaluating the clinical characteristics of eczema herpeticum cases in atopic dermatitis patients.

M SeegräberM WormT WerfelÅke SvenssonN NovakD SimonU DarsowMatthias AugustinA Wollenberg

Published in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2020)

Patients with clinically active, extrinsic AD are at risk of EH. Recurrent EH is associated with confounders of severe atopic distortion and requires active AD lesions for clinical manifestation. Recurrent eczema herpeticum mainly affects patients with early onset of AD.

Keyphrases

atopic dermatitis
early onset
late onset
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors