A rare case of disseminated shingles in an immunocompetent patient following a 7-day treatment with oral valacyclovir

J Clin Virol. 2008 Oct;43(2):233-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.06.018. Epub 2008 Sep 3.

Authors

Catherine Burdett¹, Natalia Mendoza, Anita Arora, Brenda Bartlett, Aron Gewirtzman, Anne Marie Tremaine, Stephen Tyring

Affiliation

¹ University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 7675 Phoenix Drive #1028, Houston, TX 77030, United States. Catherine.E.Burdett@uth.tmc.edu

PMID: 18771948
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.06.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acyclovir / administration & dosage
Acyclovir / analogs & derivatives*
Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Adult
Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
Herpes Zoster / drug therapy*
Herpes Zoster / physiopathology*
Herpes Zoster / virology
Herpesvirus 3, Human
Humans
Immunocompetence*
Male
Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / drug therapy
Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / physiopathology*
Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / virology
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Valacyclovir
Valine / administration & dosage
Valine / analogs & derivatives*
Valine / therapeutic use

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Valine
Valacyclovir
Acyclovir