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Mistaken identities: penile herpes zoster
  1. Xavier García-Navarro,
  2. Alba Catala
  1. Derma Associats, Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Mrs Alba Catala, Derma Associats, Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona 08022, Spain; albacatal{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054927

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    A previously healthy 52-year-old man presented with multiple non-vesicular erosions on both sides of the penile shaft following a 2-week course of topical corticosteroid and oral antifungal therapy (figure 1). Based on an initial diagnosis of genital herpes, valacyclovir (500 mg two times per day) was …

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    • Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti

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    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.