A case of non‐disseminated herpes zoster as the presenting sign of HIV in a 3‐year‐old

Herpes zoster is rare in healthy and immunocompetent children. While disseminated presentations of zoster are often concerning for underlying immunodeficiency, non‐disseminated zoster can also be a presenting illness in such patients. Here, we report a case of non‐disseminated herpes zoster in a pre...

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Autores principales: Xiao, Teresa L., Stein, Sarah L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9543074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35218072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pde.14964
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description Herpes zoster is rare in healthy and immunocompetent children. While disseminated presentations of zoster are often concerning for underlying immunodeficiency, non‐disseminated zoster can also be a presenting illness in such patients. Here, we report a case of non‐disseminated herpes zoster in a presumably healthy immunized child that led to a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
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spelling pubmed-95430742022-10-14 A case of non‐disseminated herpes zoster as the presenting sign of HIV in a 3‐year‐old Xiao, Teresa L. Stein, Sarah L. Pediatr Dermatol Brief Reports Herpes zoster is rare in healthy and immunocompetent children. While disseminated presentations of zoster are often concerning for underlying immunodeficiency, non‐disseminated zoster can also be a presenting illness in such patients. Here, we report a case of non‐disseminated herpes zoster in a presumably healthy immunized child that led to a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-02-25 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9543074/ /pubmed/35218072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pde.14964 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Pediatric Dermatology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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