Gennaio 2006 - Volume XXV - numero 1
Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Pediatra di libera scelta, Distretto Sanitario 33, ASL CE-1
Indirizzo per corrispondenza: napola@inwind.it
Key words: Chickenpox, Vaccine, Herpes zoster breakthrough
The latent varicella vaccine virus is a rare cause of herpes zoster in childhood. We report the case of a healthy 2 years old boy who developed an herpes zoster infection 6 months after vaccination, localised in one chest dermatoma. Varicella zoster virus vaccine can occasionally reactivate in healthy children and present as herpes zoster.
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