Varicella-Zoster Virus Keratitis with Asymptomatic Conjunctival Viral Shedding in the Contralateral Eye

PURPOSE: To report a case of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) keratitis with detection of VZV DNA in the tear fluid of not only the symptomatic eye but also the contralateral asymptomatic eye by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). METHODS: This is a case report. A 63-year-old otherwise healthy woman presen...

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Main Authors: Miyakoshi, Akio, Takemoto, Masaya, Shiraki, Kimiyasu, Hayashi, Atsushi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: S. Karger AG 2012
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Published online: October, 2012
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499208/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23162462
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000343463
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