Herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus co-infection presenting as exuberant genital ulcer in a woman infected with human immunodeficiency virus

• Authors: Borges-Costa J, Gouveia AI, Kutzner H, Sacramento-Marques M, Soares-Almeida L
• Publication Year: 2014
• Journal: Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
• Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25250849

In patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), genital herpes can result in severe and atypical clinical presentations, and can become resistant to aciclovir treatment. Rarely, these manifestations may represent concurrent herpes simplex virus (HSV) with other agents. We report a 41-year-old black woman with HIV who presented with extensive and painful ulceration of the genitalia.
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