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 ...

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Typically, there is a break in the skin that allows the HSV to infect the tissue. Herpetic whitlow infections begin with pain and tingling on the cutaneous site and develop into single or multiple ...