title: Management of acute shingles (herpes zoster).
abstract: Practical, evidence-based recommendations for the management of acute shingles (herpes zoster) were published this year in Clinical Infectious Diseases. These guidelines were the result of a consensus meeting of several groups with an interest in neuropathic pain and varicella-zoster virus research. This article summarizes the key findings and recommendations that were generated from this meeting and reviews some of the research on which these guidelines are based.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Tyler
authors.forename: J David
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Beckham
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D022283:Herpesvirus Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000700:Analgesics; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D022283:Herpesvirus Vaccines