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Linear Darier disease with herpes zoster superinfection treated successfully by brivudine.

Abraham S, Jones A, Toutous-Trellu L, Kerl-Bullani K, Chavaz P, Saurat JH, Piguet V

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital Geneva, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.

We report the case of a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient presenting linear Darier disease with varicella-zoster virus superinfection following the lines of Blaschko. The lesions healed after treatment with brivudine.

Published 25 January 2006 in Br J Dermatol, 154(2): 365-7.
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