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What are severe presentations of primary herpetic infection?

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IC (almost always HSV1, extensive lesions necrotic and persistent, may be generalized/systemic) Atopic (gingivatomastitis severe, kaposi's sarcoma which is generalized crusting of children skin by hemorrhagic vesicles rapid spread) Pregnant women (increased risk of hepatitis or fulminant encephalitis) Newborn (rare but severe in utero transmission, growth retardation, uterine, ocular, cardiac issues) Neonatal herpes (mucucutaneous, neurological [15% MR] or systemic [60% MR])


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