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- Title
MENINGITIS DUE TO VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS REACTIVATION WITHOUT RASH IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT ADOLESCENT.
- Authors
de Almeida, Susana Andreia Assungäo; Ribeiro, Joana Cleto Duarte da Costa; Abrantes, Francisco Maria Fernandes Vinagre Pinhol; dos Santos, Tiago Filipe Proenga; Mouzinho, Ana Isabel Moreira Borges; Marques, José Gongalo Duque Pereira Monteiro
- Abstract
Varicella-zoster virus is a neurotropic virus that after the primary infection, usually manifested as chickenpox, may reactivate with infection of the central nervous system. When no skin lesions are present, a high clinical suspicion is required to reach the diagnosis. We report a case of an adolescent boy with varicella-zoster virus reactivation with meningitis in the absence of a zoster rash.
- Subjects
VARICELLA-zoster virus; CENTRAL nervous system infections; CHICKENPOX; VIRUS reactivation; VARICELLA-zoster virus diseases; MENINGITIS; TEENAGE boys
- Publication
Pediatric Oncall Journal, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 4, p154
- ISSN
0973-0966
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7199/ped.oncall.2023.41