title: [Acute pancreatitis associated with varicella-zoster virus infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome].
abstract: A patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who developed acute pancreatitis (AP) during the course of a disseminated herpes zoster is presented. Diagnosis was based on the simultaneity of abdominal pain with hyperamylasemia, the dissemination of the cutaneous lesions and the positive varicella-zoster virus serology at titres 1/640. Response to acyclovir treatment was spectacular. To our knowledge this is the second case of AP produced by the varicella-zoster virus and the first described in the course of disseminated herpes zoster. We believe that the varicella-zoster virus should be included within the causes of AP in patients with the human immunodeficiency virus.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Regional Universitario Reina, Sofía, Córdoba.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fernández de la Puebla Giménez
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lechuga Varona
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kindelan Jaquotot
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jurado Jiménez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delgado Blanco
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Non-Louis y Persson
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Pancreatitis aguda asociada a infección por virus de la varicela-zoster en un paciente con síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida.