BMJ Case Rep
Varicella-zoster meningitis in an immunocompetent young man presenting with a painless erythematous rash.
Imani S, Palavra NC, Oboudiyat C, Ip J
A 32-year-old man presented with a 7-day history of generalised headache, intermittent fever, emesis and diarrhoea. Four days after symptom onset, he ...
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Case Rep Otolaryngol
Brainstem and Cerebellar Involvement in Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.
Letchuman V, Donohoe CD
We present a case of a 62-year-old Caucasian male with laryngeal cancer and Ramsay Hunt Syndrome otherwise known as herpes zoster oticus due to reacti ...
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BMC Infect. Dis.
A co-infection of varicella-zoster virus and Pneumocystis jirovecii in a non-HIV immunocompromised patient: a case report.
Muramatsu H, Kuriyama A, Anzai Y, Ikegami T
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes herpes zoster. Pneumocystis jirovecii (PJ) also causes pneumonia in immunocompromised hosts. Although both cause o ...
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Neuro Endocrinol. Lett.
Meningitis and Ramsay-Hunt syndrome in a 17-year old girl.
Bienkowski C, Kowalczyk M, Talarek E, Pokorska-Spiewak M, Kierdaszuk B, Marczynska M
Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) is a rare manifestation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation in geniculate ganglion. It usually manifests with a ch ...
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