Michelle Mølgaard Thomsen, Morten Kelder Skouboe, Michelle Møhlenberg, Jian Zhao, Kerstin de Keukeleere, Johanna Laura Heinz, Marvin Werner, Anne Kruse Hollensen, Jonas Lønskov, Ian Nielsen, Madalina Elena Carter-Timofte, Baocun Zhang, Jacob Giehm Mikkelsen, Niels Fisker, Søren R Paludan, Kristian Assing, Trine H Mogensen
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a neurotropic alphaherpesvirus exclusively infecting humans, causing two distinct pathologies: varicella (chickenpox) upon primary infection and herpes zoster (shingles) following reactivation. In susceptible individuals, VZV can give rise to more severe clinical manifestations, including disseminated infection, pneumonitis, encephalitis, and vasculopathy with stroke. Here, we describe a 3-year-old boy in whom varicella followed a complicated course with thrombocytopenia, hemorrhagic and necrotic lesions, pneumonitis, and intermittent encephalopathy...
January 26, 2024: Journal of Clinical Immunology