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Bullous Disseminated Herpes Zoster: An Atypical Presentation

Herpes zoster is an infection resulting from the reactivation of dormant varicella zoster virus (VZV) in a posterior dorsal root ganglion. It affects 50% of immunocompromised patients and, when the viral infection persists, it can lead to a process known as disseminated varicella zoster virus (dVZV)...

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Autores principales: Jethwa, Tarang, Bertasi, Raphael A. O, Kieneker, Lisa, Pattanaik, Sweta, Pujalte, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32832290
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9293
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author Jethwa, Tarang
Bertasi, Raphael A. O
Kieneker, Lisa
Pattanaik, Sweta
Pujalte, George
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description Herpes zoster is an infection resulting from the reactivation of dormant varicella zoster virus (VZV) in a posterior dorsal root ganglion. It affects 50% of immunocompromised patients and, when the viral infection persists, it can lead to a process known as disseminated varicella zoster virus (dVZV). Here we discuss a case of a bullous presentation of VZV with a rapid evolution of disseminated herpes zoster in an immunocompromised patient. Maintaining a broad differential diagnosis is necessary for early diagnosis and treatment of atypical presentations of herpes zoster, which is imperative to avoid increasing morbidity and mortality.
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spelling pubmed-74370972020-08-21 Bullous Disseminated Herpes Zoster: An Atypical Presentation Jethwa, Tarang Bertasi, Raphael A. O Kieneker, Lisa Pattanaik, Sweta Pujalte, George Cureus Family/General Practice Herpes zoster is an infection resulting from the reactivation of dormant varicella zoster virus (VZV) in a posterior dorsal root ganglion. It affects 50% of immunocompromised patients and, when the viral infection persists, it can lead to a process known as disseminated varicella zoster virus (dVZV). Here we discuss a case of a bullous presentation of VZV with a rapid evolution of disseminated herpes zoster in an immunocompromised patient. Maintaining a broad differential diagnosis is necessary for early diagnosis and treatment of atypical presentations of herpes zoster, which is imperative to avoid increasing morbidity and mortality. Cureus 2020-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7437097/ /pubmed/32832290 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9293 Text en Copyright © 2020, Jethwa et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437097/
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