Oral Herpes Zoster Infection Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Report of Five Cases
| Autor: | Joe Iwanaga, R. Shane Tubbs, Toshiro Kibe, Hiroshi Fukuoka, Nobuko Fukuoka |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
reactivation Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) medicine.drug_class Oral Medicine Dermatology clinical anatomy dermatome medicine Pain Management Stomatitis varicella zoster virus palate business.industry pandemic General Engineering medicine.disease vaccination infection Vaccination Skin reaction Right orbit medicine.anatomical_structure covid-19 oral herpes zoster Hard palate Antiviral drug business Oral herpes |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Recently, two cases of oral herpes zoster (HZ) following COVID-19 vaccines were reported. It was suggested that COVID-19 vaccine-related oral HZ cases might be missed or misdiagnosed as stomatitis or isolated oral herpes. In this report, five cases of oral HZ following COVID-19 vaccinations are presented. Four cases were observed on the hard palate (V2), and one case was found on the mandible (V3). Four patients did not receive any treatment for their oral HZ, but one patient also had skin reactions on her right orbit and ear and was thus treated with an antiviral drug. As these cases were seen during such a short period of time and in one practice, the relationship with the COVID-19 vaccination appears to be related. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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