title: [Clinical picture and pathogenesis of generalized forms of herpes zoster].
abstract: Clinical examination of 83 patients with generalized herpes zoster has given the authors grounds to regard this disease as a result of activation of latent varicella-zoster virus. This assumption was confirmed by the results of indirect hemagglutination inhibition tests with 37 serum specimens taken from 18 patients. Treatment with antibiotics, the drug proper-myl, and by dehydration was the more effective, the earlier the patients were admitted to the clinic. Dehydration, proper-myl and combination of chloramphenicol with dehydration produced a more beneficial effect than the antibiotic alone. Five patients died. Problems of pathogenesis are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001688:Biological Products / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005665:Furosemide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012737:Sex Factors; D015002:Yeast, Dried / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D004338:Drug Combinations; D010406:Penicillins; D002701:Chloramphenicol; C003221:proper-myl; D005665:Furosemide
vernacular_title: Klinika i patogenez generalizovannykh form herpes zoster.