Kaposi's Varicelliform Eruption: Recoed of an Outbreak.

Complications of the smallpox vaccine

“…The majority of eczema patients with secondary vaccinia infection have active eczema, though those without active lesions are still at risk for a less severe form of eczema vaccinatum 13 . Of the 85 reported cases of nosocomial spread of vaccinia from 1907 to 1975, the vast majority involved children with eczema 14–25 . The only patient to die was a 5‐month‐old girl, who died despite being treated with antibacterial agents 21 .…”

Primary Generalized Infection Caused by Herpes Simplex Virus

“…The condition described by Kaposi (1895) as a complication of eczema infantum and now called Kaposi's varicelliform eruption can be caused either by vaccinia or by herpes simplex virus. Thus Sommerville, Napier, and Dick (1951) have reported four cases proved to be caused by vaccinia virus, while herpes simplex virus has been isolated from clinically similar cases (Blattner et al, 1944;Barton and Brunsting, 1944;Lynch et al, 1945).…”