7 aylık sağlıklı bir bebekte herpes zoster

Abstract

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes two distinct clinical entities: varicella and herpes zoster (HZ). Both entities have a benign clinical course in immunocompetent and young individuals. But immunocompromised and elderly are at greater risk for severe infection and complications. Generally herpes zoster is seen in the adult age; additionally it is seen in an earlier age in the patients with immunosuppressive disease. In our case report we present a 7-months aged, healty patient without any immunosuppressive disease who was diagnosed as herpes zoster

Keywords

• Varicella-zoster virus
• healty infant
• herpes zoster

HERPES ZOSTER IN A 7-MONTH-OLD HEALTHY INFANT

Abstract

Varisela-zoster virüsü iki ayrı klinik duruma sebep olur: varisella ve herpes zoster. Her iki durum da immünokompetan ve genç bireylerde benign olarak seyreden kliniğe sahiptir.
Fakat immün yetmezliği olanlar ile yaşlılar şiddetli enfeksiyonlar ve komplikasyonlar açısından büyük risk taşır. Herpes zoster genellikle erişkinlerde görülmekle birlikte immünsupresif hastalığı olan hastalarda daha erken yaşlarda görülebilir. Bizim olgumuzda herpes zoster tanısı koyulan, immünsupresif hastalığı olmayan 7 aylık diğer yönlerden sağlıklı hasta sunulmaktadır. 

Keywords

• Varisella-zoster virüs
• sağlıklı infant
• herpes zoster

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