Disseminated Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent Elderly Patient

Herpes zoster is a cutaneous infection that is characterized by an acute vesicobullous rash with ipsilateral one or two dermatomal distribution and painful allodynia, while predominantly being found in the elderly. Extensive cutaneous dissemination has been reported in immune-compromised patients, s...

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Autores principales: Yoon, Keon Jung, Kim, Su Hwa, Lee, Eun Ha, Choi, Ji Hye
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pain Society 2013
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23614086
http://dx.doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2013.26.2.195
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author Yoon, Keon Jung
Kim, Su Hwa
Lee, Eun Ha
Choi, Ji Hye
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description Herpes zoster is a cutaneous infection that is characterized by an acute vesicobullous rash with ipsilateral one or two dermatomal distribution and painful allodynia, while predominantly being found in the elderly. Extensive cutaneous dissemination has been reported in immune-compromised patients, such as those who suffer from HIV infections, cancer, chemotherapy, and corticosteroid therapy patients. However, we report a case of disseminated herpes zoster infection in an immuno-competent elderly individual.
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spelling pubmed-36293512013-04-23 Disseminated Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent Elderly Patient Yoon, Keon Jung Kim, Su Hwa Lee, Eun Ha Choi, Ji Hye Korean J Pain Brief Report Herpes zoster is a cutaneous infection that is characterized by an acute vesicobullous rash with ipsilateral one or two dermatomal distribution and painful allodynia, while predominantly being found in the elderly. Extensive cutaneous dissemination has been reported in immune-compromised patients, such as those who suffer from HIV infections, cancer, chemotherapy, and corticosteroid therapy patients. However, we report a case of disseminated herpes zoster infection in an immuno-competent elderly individual. The Korean Pain Society 2013-04 2013-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3629351/ /pubmed/23614086 http://dx.doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2013.26.2.195 Text en Copyright © The Korean Pain Society, 2013 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Disseminated Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent Elderly Patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23614086
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