HSV
This is the most common site of recurrent HSV-1 infection.
What are the lips (herpes labialis)?
This dermatome-based rash is typical of VZV reactivation.
What is herpes zoster (shingles)?
These are the most common skin lesions caused by HPV.
What are warts (verrucae)?
This is the typical lesion seen in molluscum contagiosum.
What are umbilicated papules?
Grouped vesicles on lips vs dermatomal rash helps differentiate these two infections.
What are HSV and herpes zoster?
This cytologic test shows multinucleated giant cells in HSV infection.
What is the Tzanck smear?
This complication is persistent pain after rash resolution.
What is postherpetic neuralgia?
This HPV type is most commonly associated with genital warts.
What are HPV 6 and 11?
This virus belongs to this viral family.
What is Poxvirus?
This diagnostic method detects viral DNA in HSV and VZV infections.
What is PCR?
This type of lesion is characteristic of HSV infection.
What are grouped vesicles on an erythematous base?
This symptom often precedes the rash in herpes zoster.
What is pain (neuralgia)?
This histologic feature is typical of HPV infection.
What are koilocytes?
This material can be expressed from lesions and contains viral bodies.
What is cheesy (curd-like) core?
This virus causes both chickenpox and shingles.
What is Varicella-zoster virus?
This condition describes widespread HSV infection in patients with atopic dermatitis.
What is eczema herpeticum?
This cranial nerve syndrome presents with ear vesicles and facial paralysis.
What is Ramsay Hunt syndrome?
These HPV types are high-risk for malignancy.
What are HPV 16 and 18?
These inclusion bodies are seen histologically in MCV.
What are Henderson–Patterson bodies?
This dermatologic emergency involves HSV with systemic symptoms in skin disease patients.
What is eczema herpeticum?
This antiviral drug is first-line for HSV due to inhibition of viral DNA polymerase.
What is acyclovir?
This immunological state predisposes to severe disseminated zoster.
What is immunosuppression?
This protein interaction explains HPV-induced carcinogenesis.
What is inhibition of p53 and Rb tumor suppressor proteins?
This patient group is at risk for widespread molluscum lesions.
Who are immunocompromised patients (e.g., HIV)?
This key difference helps distinguish HPV warts from molluscum lesions clinically.
What is rough hyperkeratotic surface (HPV) vs smooth umbilicated papules (MCV)?