A Rare Case of an Immunocompetent Male With Zoster Meningitis

Varicella zoster meningitis is an uncommon complication of herpes zoster, especially in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of a healthy 45-year-old male who developed aseptic meningitis as a result of reactivated varicella zoster virus infection. This case highlights the importance of remain...

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Autores principales: Faluk, Mohammed Ali, Makadia, Shraddhadevi, Abdelmaseih, Ramy, Hasan, S. Mustajab, Abusaada, Khalid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7448257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32830563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709620952212
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author Faluk, Mohammed Ali
Makadia, Shraddhadevi
Abdelmaseih, Ramy
Hasan, S. Mustajab
Abusaada, Khalid
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description Varicella zoster meningitis is an uncommon complication of herpes zoster, especially in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of a healthy 45-year-old male who developed aseptic meningitis as a result of reactivated varicella zoster virus infection. This case highlights the importance of remaining cognizant of varicella zoster virus as a cause of meningitis in not only the elderly or immunocompromised patients but also in patients who are healthy.
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spelling pubmed-74482572020-09-10 A Rare Case of an Immunocompetent Male With Zoster Meningitis Faluk, Mohammed Ali Makadia, Shraddhadevi Abdelmaseih, Ramy Hasan, S. Mustajab Abusaada, Khalid J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep Case Report Varicella zoster meningitis is an uncommon complication of herpes zoster, especially in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of a healthy 45-year-old male who developed aseptic meningitis as a result of reactivated varicella zoster virus infection. This case highlights the importance of remaining cognizant of varicella zoster virus as a cause of meningitis in not only the elderly or immunocompromised patients but also in patients who are healthy. SAGE Publications 2020-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7448257/ /pubmed/32830563 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709620952212 Text en © 2020 American Federation for Medical Research https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7448257/
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