What is the unifying diagnosis? The diffuse vesicular rash is characteristic of disseminated varicella infection, although a few agents (see below) may mimic this disease. The pulmonary ...

varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, and hepatitis viruses. Fungal Histoplasma infections and parasitic malaria ...

This factsheet explains chickenpox (varicella) to support nurses in identifying and managing the common childhood disease.

The varicella vaccine is now available in combination with the measles–mumps–rubella vaccine. Eczema herpeticum is a severe form of disseminated cutaneous herpes simplex virus infection that ...

Natural killer cell deficiency should be considered in patients susceptible to herpes virus or papillomavirus with persistently decreased NK cell function.