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Disseminated cutaneous zoster and aseptic meningitis in a previously healthy patient
H Moriuchi1, M Moriuchi, C C Sun
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, U.S.A.
The Journal of Infection
|November 14, 1997
Abstract:
A previously healthy, 37-year-old immunocompetent man presented with disseminated cutaneous zoster and aseptic meningitis. Varicella zoster virus DNA was recovered from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by the polymerase chain reaction. Cytological evaluation of the CSF revealed 'reactive, highly atypical lymphocytosis'. The patient fully recovered after treatment with aciclovir.