Identification and characterization of 20 immunocompetent patients with simultaneous varicella zoster and herpes simplex virus infection

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 722-728

  Giehl, K A ^a   Muller Sander E ^a   Rottenkolber, M ^b   Degitz, K ^a   Volkenandt, M ^b   Berking, Carola ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baricella zoster virus; DNA virus; Herpes simplex virus; Infection; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEAD; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY GANGLION; SKIN DEFECT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRUNK; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43649086216     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02587.x     Document Type: Article

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