Herpes zoster in healthy infants and toddlers after perinatal exposure to varicella-zoster virus: a case series and review of the literature.
Exposure to varicella-zoster virus in utero or during the first months of life is the main risk factor for the development of herpes zoster (HZ) in healthy children. We report a case series of 16 infants and toddlers who presented with HZ after early exposure to varicella-zoster virus. Two patients had recurrences. Despite the severity of the rash in some cases, the benign course and the long-term good prognosis of HZ in healthy children is noteworthy.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Xavier
X
Rodríguez-Fanjul
Antoni
A
Noguera
Asunción
A
Vicente
Maria Antònia
MA
González-Enseñat
Rafael
R
Jiménez
Clàudia
C
Fortuny
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000821:virology*