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2013, Number 105

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Rev Enfer Infec Pediatr 2013; 26.27 (105)

Herpes Zoster and Encephalitis: Report of a case and review of the literature

González-Saldaña N, Mercedes-Macías P, Monroy-Colín VA, Escárcega-Juárez AS, Estudillo-Jiménez GE, Piña-Ruiz G

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 346-349
PDF size: 725.06 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The varicela zoster virus (VZV) is known to be responsable for a wide spectrum of neurological disorders ranging from the most common complication known as post-herpetic neuralgia to forms of neuritis, encephalitis, mielitis, ventriculitis and meningitis. The patient´s immune status affects the site, means of dissemination and the clinical presentaton of central nervous system complications related to varicela zoster virus. The involucre simultaneous brain, spinal cord and meninges in response to the reactivation of VZV is rare in general and with a historyof vesicular rash accompanied by headache, vomiting and drowsiness. CSF findings were suggestive of viral encephalitis. The patient was treated with acyclovir with favorable evolution.


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