Pediatric Herpes Zoster

A 10-year-old male vaccinated against varicella had developed left-sided rashes on his thoracic region in single dermatomal distribution, which is consistent with herpes zoster. Although herpes zoster is uncommon in children, especially with the current vaccination regimen, this case report serves a...

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Autores principales: Quesada, Daniel, Morsky, Larissa, Aguìñiga-Navarrete, Phillip, Garrett, Madison B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7012562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32064420
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.10.44301
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description A 10-year-old male vaccinated against varicella had developed left-sided rashes on his thoracic region in single dermatomal distribution, which is consistent with herpes zoster. Although herpes zoster is uncommon in children, especially with the current vaccination regimen, this case report serves as a reminder to consider it in one’s differential diagnoses, even in the immunocompetent, fully immunized pediatric patient. This is a case report of a previously healthy, fully vaccinated child who developed herpes zoster.
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spelling pubmed-70125622020-02-14 Pediatric Herpes Zoster Quesada, Daniel Morsky, Larissa Aguìñiga-Navarrete, Phillip Garrett, Madison B. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report A 10-year-old male vaccinated against varicella had developed left-sided rashes on his thoracic region in single dermatomal distribution, which is consistent with herpes zoster. Although herpes zoster is uncommon in children, especially with the current vaccination regimen, this case report serves as a reminder to consider it in one’s differential diagnoses, even in the immunocompetent, fully immunized pediatric patient. This is a case report of a previously healthy, fully vaccinated child who developed herpes zoster. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7012562/ /pubmed/32064420 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.10.44301 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Quesada et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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