These primary infections, of which the commonest is the clinical entity known as acute herpetic gingivostomatitis, 2–6 are well recognized in childhood because they commonly occur in this age group.
upper respiratory tract symptoms such as herpetic pharyngitis and sore throat; dysphagia; extragenital lesions on fingers, buttocks, thighs, and eyes; coexistent bacterial or fungal superinfection.
Herpetic whitlow is a painful cutaneous infection that presents as a periungual blister that has the appearance of coalescent tapioca-like vesicles. These vesicles may become turbid and opaque ...