Mashour MM Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Herpes zoster; Immunocompetent; Patient
Faculty of Medicine, Al Baha University, Al Baha, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mashour MM was an assistant professor of Faculty of Medicine, Al Baha University, Al Baha, Saudi Arabia, and later he started his career in making Disseminated Cutaneous Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent Patient
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Author(s): Halwani MA, Al-Sohaimi AA, Mashour MM, Al-Ghamdi AI, Al-Ghamdi HI and Zahrani AI3
Disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster in healthy persons is not very common, though it has been described in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of a disseminated herpes zoster in a 33-year-old man with no apparent immunosuppressive condition after one single steroid injection. The patient was successfully treated orally with 800mg Acyclovir daily dose for one week.
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