This 10 month old Native American infant presented with Herpes Simplex skin lesions on her face, torso, arm and leg.
Living in the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord, under stressful conditions, the herpes viruses migrate along the pathways of peripheral nerve distribution. Note that this patient had an intravenous cutdown procedure performed.
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