Boceprevir-induced Herpes Zoster

Herpes zoster is caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV), that attacks peripheral or cranial nerves and result in painful cutaneous inflammation. Boceprevir is a protease inhibitor which used as a new therapeutic agent for chronic hepatitis C infection. Boceprevir associated herpe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Babalı, Ayşegul, Cakal, Basak, Tanoglu, Alpaslan, Karaahmet, Fatih, Kekilli, Murat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6395489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30828558
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1282
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Sumario:Herpes zoster is caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV), that attacks peripheral or cranial nerves and result in painful cutaneous inflammation. Boceprevir is a protease inhibitor which used as a new therapeutic agent for chronic hepatitis C infection. Boceprevir associated herpes zoster is extremely rare condition. We present herpes zoster infection assosiated Boceprevir in patint with chronic hepatitis C. How to cite this article: Babali A, Cakal B, Tanoglu A, Karaahmet F, Kekilli M. Boceprevir-induced Herpes Zoster. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol, 2018;8(2):161-162.

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