title: Atypical varicella zoster infection in persons with HIV infection.
abstract: Four patients with HIV infection and severe immunodeficiency are described who developed atypical varicella zoster lesions. Three of the patients presented with chronic varicella zoster lesions. In two of them such lesions were hyperkeratotic. All three patients had been treated initially with subtherapeutic doses of acyclovir. In one of the patients the lesions were clinically resistant to high dose acyclovir treatment and disappeared only when renal insufficiency developed during foscarnet-famcyclovir treatment. One patient developed a disseminated varicella zoster infection.
authors.affiliation: Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Antwerpen, Belgie.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Colebunders
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Damme
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van den Abbeele
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fleerackers
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van den Enden
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dockx
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents