Een jongeman met scrotale huiduitslag

A 21-year-old man had painful lesions on his scrotum for 4 days. Recently, bed bugs were discovered in the student accommodation of his girlfriend. We also observed vesicular lesions on the patient’s buttock. PCR on swab specimens was negative for herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2, but positive for varicella zoster virus.

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