the other an herpetic whitlow). In four children (28%), parents had been increasing the amount and frequency of steroid cream application due to what was thought to be a flare-up of the eczema.

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 ...

Chronic paronychial infections also occur ... though fungal cellulitis is rare. Herpetic whitlow is an intensely painful infection of the hand involving one or more fingers that typically affects ...