title: Bilateral symmetrical herpes zoster in an immunocompetent 15-year-old adolescent boy.
abstract: Herpes zoster is uncommon in immunocompetent children. The bilateral symmetrical occurrence of herpes zoster lesions is extremely rare. We report a 15-year-old immunocompetent Chinese adolescent boy who developed bilateral symmetrical herpes zoster lesions. To our knowledge, the occurrence of bilateral symmetrical herpes zoster lesions in an immunocompetent individual has not been reported in the pediatric literature.
authors.affiliation: The Alberta Children's Hospital, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2M 0H5.
authors.forename: Alexander K C
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2254-6971
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: Toronto Dermatology Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada M3H 5Y8.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barankin