Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3405913 | Journal of Infection and Public Health | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryHerpes zoster (HZ) is of rare occurrence after interventional procedures with few events reported until now. A 74 year-old man with a past medical history of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, splenectomy, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and polymyalgia rheumatica developed HZ on the right median nerve 7 days after he underwent a coronariography for managing an acute coronary syndrome. He evolved with cutaneous dissemination and required intravenous acyclovir therapy. Laboratory evaluation disclosed a previously unknown idiophatic CD4 lymphocytopenia. HZ should be added to the list of complications after interventional cardiology and associated immunosuppressive factors ruled out.
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Authors
Alberto Fica, Fernando Verdugo, MarĂa V. Landaeta, Alfredo Flores, Ingmar Roessler,