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- Title
Virus de Varicela zoster y sus múltiples espectros clínicos. A propósito de un reporte de caso.
- Authors
Nassar Tobón, Andrea Catalina; León Rivera, Laura Alejandra; Rivera Rojas, Neiby Johana; Pulido Correa, María Angélica
- Abstract
Introductión: We present the case of an immunocompetent patient who debuted with the Herpes Zoster virus (HZ) in the preauricular and atrial region due to reactivation of chickenpox, developing Ramsay Hunt syndrome (SRH), involvement of the right 7th cranial nerve House Brackman II and finally, Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) lymphocytic meningitis documented in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Objetive: To describe the characteristics of VZV and its multiple clinical manifestations, including the presentation of SRH, with involvement of the central nervous system (CNS). Method: A review of the medical history and extraction of the data was carried out with prior informed consent, and a bibliographic review was carried out in the PubMed, SCIELO, ProQuest databases, using descriptors of Health Sciences (DeCS) and MeSH terms: Case reports, Publishing, reviews. The articles included were those published between January 2005 and February 2020. Results:The multiple reactivations and clinical complications of the HZ virus were identified. From a cervical herpes zoster, which later compromised external structures of the ear and finally both the central and peripheral nervous system. Discussion: Herpes zoster virus belongs to alpha herpes virus 3, it presents as a cousin infection (chickenpox) and a secondary infection immunomediated by mononuclear cells. Its clinical spectrum includes pictures of encephalitis, meningitis, vascular disease, among others. The case described below is a patient who has multiple spectra of varicella zoster that, although it occurs more in immunosuppressed patients, a certain part is presented by immunocompetent patients.
- Subjects
VARICELLA-zoster virus; PERIPHERAL nervous system; CENTRAL nervous system; VARICELLA-zoster virus diseases; EXTERNAL ear; HERPES zoster
- Publication
Revista Cuarzo (REC), 2020, Vol 26, Issue 1, p28
- ISSN
0121-2133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26752/cuarzo.v26.n1.492