Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis in the Presence of Kaposi's Varicelliform Eruption

• Main Authors: Anna Campanati (Author), Elisa Molinelli (Author), Valerio Brisigotti (Author), Donatella Brancorsini (Author), Ivan Bobyr (Author), Federico Diotallevi (Author), Giulia Radi (Author), Annamaria Offidani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (KVE) is a disseminated cutaneous infection usually induced by herpesvirus type 1 or 2, vaccinia virus or Coxsackie A16 virus in a patient with an underlying dermatosis. Risk factors for KVE reported in the literature include erythroderma, systemic sepsis, therap...