title: Brief communication: A 61-year-old woman with vesicular eruption after varicella zoster vaccination.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Vesicular rashes are associated with a variety of infectious and noninfectious causes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the differential diagnoses of vesicular rashes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the clinical case of an adult woman who was immunocompetent and who developed several clear fluid-filled vesicles on her upper extremity within days of receiving the varicella zoster vaccine. Over the next several days, the skin eruption generalized, and she developed new lesions in various stages of healing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After a detailed history and further studies were obtained, a final diagnosis was made.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients who have recently been vaccinated, a high index of suspicion for an adverse vaccine reaction should be maintained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Defense and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center System, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ganacias
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spriet
authors.forename: Taylor A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Banks