Varicella-Zoster Virus Keratitis with Asymptomatic Conjunctival Viral Shedding in the Contralateral Eye

PURPOSE: To report a case of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) keratitis with detection of VZV DNA in the tear fluid of not only the symptomatic eye but also the contralateral asymptomatic eye by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). METHODS: This is a case report. A 63-year-old otherwise healthy woman presen...

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Autores principales: Miyakoshi, Akio, Takemoto, Masaya, Shiraki, Kimiyasu, Hayashi, Atsushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2012
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Published online: October, 2012
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23162462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000343463

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23162462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000343463

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