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. 2015 Nov 19;2015:563659. doi: 10.1155/2015/563659

Table 2.

Edelman et al. [7]
Gender (i) Male, n = 22
(ii) Female, n = 7

Age (i) Range = 32–87 years
(ii) Mean = 61 years

Comorbidities (i) Percentage = 45% of patients
(ii) Malignancies (28%), n = 8
(iii) Arterial hypertension
(iv) Immunosuppression from
 (a) Eczema
 (b) Transplant
 (c) HIV

Onset of rash (i) 1 day–several weeks after intestinal symptoms = 48% (n = 14)
(ii) 2 days–one month before intestinal symptoms = 28% (n = 8)
(iii) Simultaneous occurrence = 24% (n = 7)

Treatment (i) Surgical intervention = 17% (n = 5) [5, 710]
(ii) Conservative management = 83% (n = 24)
(iii) Colonoscopic decompression (n = 2)
(iv) Rectal tube placement (n = 1)

Antiviral therapy (i) Prescribed for 24% (n = 7)
(ii) Successful response reported = none