Pneumonia and central nervous system infection caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster virus in a living-donor kidney transplantation patient: case report and review of the literature

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) typically causes herpes zoster in the elderly due to reactivation, but immunocompromised individuals may develop organ damage such as pneumonia with a poor prognosis. We herein report a case of pneumonia and central nervous system (CNS) infection caused by reactivation o...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Yoshinori, Hara, Satoshi, Hoshiba, Ryohei, Hibino, Shinya, Ito, Kiyoaki, Zoshima, Takeshi, Suzuki, Yasunori, Inoue, Dai, Mizushima, Ichiro, Fujii, Hiroshi, Kawano, Mitsuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7838850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33502715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13730-021-00576-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7838850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33502715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13730-021-00576-z

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