Chronic mucocutaneous anogenital herpes: series of ten cases and literature review

Anogenital herpes is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections worldwide. It has several clinical manifestations, from cases of primary herpes infection to recurrent forms, among them chronic mucocutaneous herpes. This presentation is rare, characterized by a duration of more than four weeks, usually associated with immunosuppression and resistance to classic anti-herpetic treatment. The present study presents a series of ten cases of chronic mucocutaneous herpes with a discussion about its clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic aspects. (c) 2022 Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia. Published by Elsevier Espan similar to a, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).