A Rare Case of Herpes Zoster in an Adult Patient Recovered From Symptomatic Reinfection of COVID-19

In coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, various dermatological conditions have been observed. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) and herpes simplex virus must be ruled out before considering vesicular exanthems linked to COVID-19. The immunological status of the host has an impact on the natural...

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Autores principales: Ghosh, Binita, Gajjar, Rohan A, Modi, Vaishnavi K, Jadeja, Dhigishaba M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8349463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34377609
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16274
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author Ghosh, Binita
Gajjar, Rohan A
Modi, Vaishnavi K
Jadeja, Dhigishaba M
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description In coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, various dermatological conditions have been observed. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) and herpes simplex virus must be ruled out before considering vesicular exanthems linked to COVID-19. The immunological status of the host has an impact on the natural history of herpes zoster (HZ). Age is a major risk factor for most of the cases of HZ. Reactivation of VZV can be triggered by iatrogenic immunosuppression or disease-related immunocompromised state or age-related immunosenescence. Rarely, dermatological symptoms have been reported in recovered COVID-19 patients. We hereby present a rare case of HZ in a recovered patient from symptomatic reinfection of COVID-19. 
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spelling pubmed-83494632021-08-09 A Rare Case of Herpes Zoster in an Adult Patient Recovered From Symptomatic Reinfection of COVID-19 Ghosh, Binita Gajjar, Rohan A Modi, Vaishnavi K Jadeja, Dhigishaba M Cureus Internal Medicine In coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, various dermatological conditions have been observed. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) and herpes simplex virus must be ruled out before considering vesicular exanthems linked to COVID-19. The immunological status of the host has an impact on the natural history of herpes zoster (HZ). Age is a major risk factor for most of the cases of HZ. Reactivation of VZV can be triggered by iatrogenic immunosuppression or disease-related immunocompromised state or age-related immunosenescence. Rarely, dermatological symptoms have been reported in recovered COVID-19 patients. We hereby present a rare case of HZ in a recovered patient from symptomatic reinfection of COVID-19.  Cureus 2021-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8349463/ /pubmed/34377609 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16274 Text en Copyright © 2021, Ghosh et al. https://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.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Ghosh, Binita
Gajjar, Rohan A
Modi, Vaishnavi K
Jadeja, Dhigishaba M
A Rare Case of Herpes Zoster in an Adult Patient Recovered From Symptomatic Reinfection of COVID-19
title A Rare Case of Herpes Zoster in an Adult Patient Recovered From Symptomatic Reinfection of COVID-19
title_full A Rare Case of Herpes Zoster in an Adult Patient Recovered From Symptomatic Reinfection of COVID-19
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Herpes Zoster in an Adult Patient Recovered From Symptomatic Reinfection of COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Herpes Zoster in an Adult Patient Recovered From Symptomatic Reinfection of COVID-19
title_short A Rare Case of Herpes Zoster in an Adult Patient Recovered From Symptomatic Reinfection of COVID-19
title_sort rare case of herpes zoster in an adult patient recovered from symptomatic reinfection of covid-19
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8349463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34377609
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16274
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