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Query: UMLS:C0022568 (
keratitis
)
5,133
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Two patients had herpes simplex infection of the fingertips (herpetic whitlow) associated with herpetic
keratitis
. Both patients were health-care professionals who probably acquired their disease from patients. Herpetic whitlow can be distinguished from a paronychia by the lack of a
tense
pulp space, formation of vesicles, and serous (rather than purulent) drainage. The fingertip inflammation resolves spontaneously, leaving normal healthy skin, in about two weeks.
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PMID:Herpetic whitlow and heratitis. 22 Sep 43
