Perineal muco-cutaneous herpes zoster treated with brivudin.
Herpes zoster results from the reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) from the dorsal root ganglion of sensory nerves. It is rarely described in the pediatric population. We report the case of an 8-year-old immunocompetent boy with a painful lumbosacral herpes zoster that was treated with brivudin and achieved rapid and sustained improvement in the absence of muco-cutaneous or pharmacological side effects.
Correia
Osvaldo
O
Centro Dermatologia Epidermis, Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Portugal.
Pereira
Marta A
MA
Pereira
Teresa
T
Santos
António
A
D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000998:Antiviral Agents; C020235:brivudine; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine