Four Cases of Herpes Gladiatorum

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  • ICHINOMIYA Ai
    Division of Dermatology, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital
  • ASHIDA Miwa
    Division of Dermatology, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital
  • ASHIZUKA Fumiyoshi
    Ashizuka Dermatology and Urology Clinic
  • OGAWA Fumihide
    Department of Dermatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • UTANI Atsushi
    Department of Dermatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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  • Herpes Gladiatorumの4例
  • 症例 Herpes Gladiatorumの4例
  • ショウレイ Herpes Gladiatorum ノ 4レイ

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Abstract

A 17-year-old male with vesicles on the head, face and neck admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of Kaposi's varicelliform eruption. Four days later, another member of Judo club of the same high school consulted our hospital for vesicles on the forehead and head, and he also had a fever. Additional two other members presented with vesicles on the head on 10 days later. Because all these patients were members of the same Judo club, we diagnosed as herpes gladiatorum, which is herpes simplex virus infection that transmits by hard physical contact in exercise or game. If herpes simplex infection develops among members of sports club, patients should refrain from training, and to find the other members with early lesions, screening should be performed. As well known in Trichophyton tonsurans infection, it is an effective prevention to ensure awareness of herpes gladiatorum.

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  • Nishi Nihon Hifuka

    Nishi Nihon Hifuka 74 (1), 27-30, 2012

    Western Division of Japanese Dermatological Association

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