Herpes Zoster and Meningitis Resulting From Reactivation of Varicella Vaccine Virus in an Immunocompetent Child

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 792-795

  Iyer, Sujit ^a,b   Mittal, Manoj K ^a,b   Hodinka, Richard L ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; OPEN READING FRAME; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL;

EID: 67349227828     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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