title: Development of myelopathy before herpes zoster rash in a patient with AIDS.
abstract: We describe the case of a patient with AIDS who developed progressive myelopathy due to varicella-zoster virus 2 months before the appearance of skin lesions typical of herpes zoster. Varicella-zoster virus was isolated from his CSF. Therapy with acyclovir failed to control his neurological complications despite its in vitro efficacy against the isolates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gómez-Tortosa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gadea
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Gegúndez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esteban
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rábano
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fernández-Guerrero
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Soriano
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009187:Myelitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology