title: [Significance of diabetes mellitus in the activation of the varicella zoster virus (author's transl)].
abstract: Eruptive herpes zoster infection (VZV) and its primary and secondary diseases are reported in 28 patients aged between 25 and 85 years. In 2 cases, malignant primary diseases were found. In 16 patients, a disorder of glucose utilization was diagnosed, 8 of them accompanied by a disorder of fat metabolism and 5 by a hyperuricemia. In one case a severe encephalomyelitis was observed. In 2 patients the activation of the VZV infection was related to the cytostatic or immunosuppressive therapy of a generalized Hodgkin's disease and a multiple sclerosis. Once a liver abscess as a sequel to amebic dysentery was diagnosed and once a megaloplastic anemia with symptoms of a funicular myelopathy following a vitamin B12 deficiency syndrome. In VZV infection the search for basal metabolic disorders is of particular importance.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000749:Anemia, Megaloblastic / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000150:complications; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D006563:Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / Q000209:etiology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology; D011236:Prediabetic State / Q000150:complications; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid
vernacular_title: Bedeutung des Diabetes mellitus bei der Aktivierung des Varizella-Zoster-Virus