Varicella reinfection in a seropositive physician following occupational exposure to Localized Zoster

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 907-909

  Johnson, Jennifer A ^a,b   Bloch, Karen C ^b   Dang, Bich N ^c,d  

^a Pulmonary   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; STEROID; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CHILL; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NIGHT SWEAT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; REINFECTION; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS CULTURE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; RECURRENCE; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 79953757434     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir033     Document Type: Article

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