[Eczema herpeticum. Clinical observation and ultrastructural study].

Abstract

A child afflicted with atopic dermatitis developed a Kaposi-Juliusberg's syndrome. Virological and ultrastructural investigations proved a widespread herpes virus infection. Maturation of the virus within the nuclei of epidermal cells and its release into the cytoplasm and the intercellular space have been studied at the ultrastructural level and some peculiar data brought up.