Varicella Zoster Virus Meningitis with Absence of Rash in an Immunocompetent Child

Only a few cases in the literature have ever reported the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV) in children especially in the case of immunocompetent patients. It is an uncommon situation that may lead to several neurological complications. We report varicella zoster virus (VZV) meningiti...

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Autores principales: Lagrine, Mariam, El fakiri, Karima, Rada, Noureddine, Draiss, Ghizlane, Soraa, Nabila, Bouskraoui, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8497137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34630570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2081270
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author Lagrine, Mariam
El fakiri, Karima
Rada, Noureddine
Draiss, Ghizlane
Soraa, Nabila
Bouskraoui, Mohammed
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description Only a few cases in the literature have ever reported the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV) in children especially in the case of immunocompetent patients. It is an uncommon situation that may lead to several neurological complications. We report varicella zoster virus (VZV) meningitis in a 14-year-old healthy boy with no antecedent of rash. On his cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination, VZV DNA was detected. The rapid HIV test was negative. The treatment using acyclovir (20 mg/kg/8h) was effective, and the child's clinical condition rapidly improved.
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spelling pubmed-84971372021-10-08 Varicella Zoster Virus Meningitis with Absence of Rash in an Immunocompetent Child Lagrine, Mariam El fakiri, Karima Rada, Noureddine Draiss, Ghizlane Soraa, Nabila Bouskraoui, Mohammed Case Rep Med Case Report Only a few cases in the literature have ever reported the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV) in children especially in the case of immunocompetent patients. It is an uncommon situation that may lead to several neurological complications. We report varicella zoster virus (VZV) meningitis in a 14-year-old healthy boy with no antecedent of rash. On his cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination, VZV DNA was detected. The rapid HIV test was negative. The treatment using acyclovir (20 mg/kg/8h) was effective, and the child's clinical condition rapidly improved. Hindawi 2021-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8497137/ /pubmed/34630570 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2081270 Text en Copyright © 2021 Mariam Lagrine et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Varicella Zoster Virus Meningitis with Absence of Rash in an Immunocompetent Child
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title_full Varicella Zoster Virus Meningitis with Absence of Rash in an Immunocompetent Child
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title_short Varicella Zoster Virus Meningitis with Absence of Rash in an Immunocompetent Child
title_sort varicella zoster virus meningitis with absence of rash in an immunocompetent child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8497137/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2081270
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