Stroke-like Symptoms as Presenting Signs of Varicella Zoster Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Adult

Varicella zoster is one of the common causes of aseptic meningitis, typically seen in immunosuppressed individuals and rarely in the immunocompetent. The varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection is normally associated with a dermatomal rash in the abdomen with spread to the back. The small prevalence...

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Autores principales: Landa, Eric, Campos, Frederick, Javaid, Saad, Vigandt, Erika, Won, Jung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8916786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35295357
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22062
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author Landa, Eric
Campos, Frederick
Javaid, Saad
Vigandt, Erika
Won, Jung
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Campos, Frederick
Javaid, Saad
Vigandt, Erika
Won, Jung
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description Varicella zoster is one of the common causes of aseptic meningitis, typically seen in immunosuppressed individuals and rarely in the immunocompetent. The varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection is normally associated with a dermatomal rash in the abdomen with spread to the back. The small prevalence of VZV in immunocompetent individuals may be due to lack of recognition; thus, it is always important to keep it in mind when meningitis is in the differential. Here, we present a case of varicella zoster meningitis in an immunocompetent adult presenting with slurred speech, dizziness, and episodes of confusion.
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spelling pubmed-89167862022-03-15 Stroke-like Symptoms as Presenting Signs of Varicella Zoster Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Adult Landa, Eric Campos, Frederick Javaid, Saad Vigandt, Erika Won, Jung Cureus Internal Medicine Varicella zoster is one of the common causes of aseptic meningitis, typically seen in immunosuppressed individuals and rarely in the immunocompetent. The varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection is normally associated with a dermatomal rash in the abdomen with spread to the back. The small prevalence of VZV in immunocompetent individuals may be due to lack of recognition; thus, it is always important to keep it in mind when meningitis is in the differential. Here, we present a case of varicella zoster meningitis in an immunocompetent adult presenting with slurred speech, dizziness, and episodes of confusion. Cureus 2022-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8916786/ /pubmed/35295357 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22062 Text en Copyright © 2022, Landa 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
Landa, Eric
Campos, Frederick
Javaid, Saad
Vigandt, Erika
Won, Jung
Stroke-like Symptoms as Presenting Signs of Varicella Zoster Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Adult
title Stroke-like Symptoms as Presenting Signs of Varicella Zoster Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Adult
title_full Stroke-like Symptoms as Presenting Signs of Varicella Zoster Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Adult
title_fullStr Stroke-like Symptoms as Presenting Signs of Varicella Zoster Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Adult
title_full_unstemmed Stroke-like Symptoms as Presenting Signs of Varicella Zoster Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Adult
title_short Stroke-like Symptoms as Presenting Signs of Varicella Zoster Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Adult
title_sort stroke-like symptoms as presenting signs of varicella zoster meningitis in an immunocompetent adult
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8916786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35295357
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22062
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