Varicella-zoster virus: an overlooked cause of aseptic meningitis.
Varicella-zoster virus causes varicella (chickenpox) and zoster (shingles). Neurologic manifestations occur in both illnesses. We describe a previously healthy child who had aseptic meningitis without exanthem caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster virus. This has not been previously reported in the pediatric literature.
Jhaveri
Ravi
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752, USA. rjhaveri@ucla.edu
Sankar
Raman
R
Yazdani
Shahram
S
Cherry
James D
JD
D017668:Age of Onset; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*