The coexistence of bacterial infection with various fungal infections is well known. Viral infections of the skin also are often complicated by bacterial infection, especially those arising from various streptococci and Staphylococcus aureus. We treated a patient with a skin lesion simultaneously infected by dermatophytes and the herpes simplex virus.
Report of a Case
A 34-year-old woman with no history of herpes simplex infection or other skin disease was referred to us for an intensely itchy skin lesion of five days' duration. It had begun as a small red spot on the outer aspect of the left arm. The lesion had enlarged, and an eruption of scattered blisters was noted after two days. There had been no fever, but the lesion had been intermittently painful, as well as itchy, and the patient complained of slight malaise. Physical examination showed a well-demarcated circular lesion, about 3 cm in diameter, on the