A Rare Case of Varicella-Zoster Virus Reactivation Following Recovery From COVID-19

In patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), various cutaneous symptoms have been observed. Herpes zoster (HZ) is an infectious skin disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that, after a primary chickenpox infection, persists dormant in the dorsal root ganglia of cutaneous nerves...

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Autores principales: Desai, Hardik D, Sharma, Kamal, Patoliya, Jaimini V, Ahadov, Elton, Patel, Neel N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7849932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33542871
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12423
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Sumario:In patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), various cutaneous symptoms have been observed. Herpes zoster (HZ) is an infectious skin disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that, after a primary chickenpox infection, persists dormant in the dorsal root ganglia of cutaneous nerves. Unusual prolonged dermatological symptoms from recovered COVID-19 patients have rarely been recorded. In this report, we describe a case of HZ following recovery from COVID-19.

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