Herpes zoster ophthalmicus in an otherwise healthy 2-year-old child
| Autor: | Marijn Soeteman, Rick P P Willems, Jamiu O. Busari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Herpesvirus 3 Human media_common.quotation_subject viruses Pcr assay Acyclovir medicine.disease_cause Antiviral Agents Article Diagnosis Differential medicine Humans Girl media_common integumentary system business.industry Clinical course Varicella zoster virus virus diseases General Medicine biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition Dermatology eye diseases Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Child Preschool DNA Viral Forehead Female Differential diagnosis business Facial Dermatoses Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | BMJ case reports. 2012 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | The following report describes a previously healthy 2-year-old girl with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO). The child presented with a painless vesicular skin eruption covering the left forehead. There was only a history of household exposure to varicella zoster virus (VZV) and the child had not been vaccinated against VZV. PCR assays on vesicular fluid identified VZV DNA. Treatment with acyclovir was started early in the clinical course. In addition, the girl was treated with locally administered ophthalmological acyclovir ointment. Besides some dermal excoriations, a complete resolution of the HZO was achieved without sequelae. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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