Disseminated VZV infection and asymptomatic VZV vasculopathy after steroid abuse

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-75

  Nagel, Maria A ^a   Lenggenhager, Daniela ^b   White, Teresa ^a   Khmeleva, Nelly ^a   Heintzman, Anna ^a   Boyer, Philip J ^a   Gilden, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Sudden death; VZV dissemination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; AORTA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG ABUSE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; SUDDEN DEATH; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS VACULOPATHY; BRAIN ARTERY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; VASCULITIS; VIROLOGY;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEROIDS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84926653151     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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