Journal of Immunological Techniques & Infectious Diseases ISSN: 2329-9541

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Case Report, J Immunol Tech Infect Dis Vol: 5 Issue: 4

Disseminated Cutaneous Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent Patient

Halwani MA1, Al-Sohaimi AA2, Mashour MM3, Al-Ghamdi AI3, Al-Ghamdi HI3 and Zahrani AI3
1Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Baha University, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al Baha University, Saudi Arabia
3Faculty of Medicine, Al Baha University, Al Baha, Saudi Arabia
Corresponding author : Muhammad A. Halwani
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Baha University, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: mhalwani@bu.edu.sa
Received: August 11, 2016 Accepted: September 06, 2016 Published: September 14, 2016
Citation: Halwani MA, Al-Sohaimi AA, Mashour MM, Al-Ghamdi AI, Al-Ghamdi HI, et al. (2016) Disseminated Cutaneous Herpes Zoster in an Immunocompetent Patient. J Immunol Tech Infect Dis 5:4. doi:10.4172/2329-9541.1000149

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Herpes zoster; Immunocompetent; Patient

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