Exacerbation of zoster interstitial keratitis after zoster vaccination in an adult

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1079-1080

  Khalifa, Yousuf M ^a   Jacoby, Robert M ^b   Margolis, Todd P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sansum Family Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; LOTEPREDNOL ETABONATE; VALACICLOVIR; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA STROMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; KERATITIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VISUAL ACUITY; ZOSTER INTERSTITIAL KERATITIS;

ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VACCINATION;

EID: 77955435334     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.142     Document Type: Letter

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