title: Perineal muco-cutaneous herpes zoster treated with brivudin.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centro Dermatologia Epidermis, Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Osvaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Correia
authors.forename: Marta A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; C020235:brivudine; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine