A Case of Transverse Myelitis Caused by Varicella Zoster Virus in an Immunocompetent Older Patient

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a human neurotropic alphaherpesvirus that causes chickenpox (varicella) in children. VZV reactivation may lead to neurological complications, including transverse myelitis. However, transverse myelitis caused by VZV reactivation is rare in immunocompetent patients. He...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infect Chemother
Hauptverfasser: Lee, Jeong Eun, Lee, Shinwon, Kim, Kye-Hyung, Jang, Hee Ryeong, Park, Young Joo, Kang, Jin Suk, Han, Sung Yong, Lee, Sun Hee
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2016
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Case Report
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5204014/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27883372
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2016.48.4.334
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