Disseminated vaccine-strain varicella as initial presentation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report and review of the literature
RC Maves, MS Tripp, TG Dell, JW Bennett… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infections have declined in many industrialized countries due to
vaccination with the attenuated Oka strain virus. Rare cases of severe, disseminated vaccine-
strain VZV infection have occurred in the immunocompromised, although rarely in HIV-
infected persons. We describe a man with previously-undiagnosed human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who received VZV vaccination and subsequently
presented to a combat hospital in Afghanistan with disseminated varicella, respiratory …
vaccination with the attenuated Oka strain virus. Rare cases of severe, disseminated vaccine-
strain VZV infection have occurred in the immunocompromised, although rarely in HIV-
infected persons. We describe a man with previously-undiagnosed human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who received VZV vaccination and subsequently
presented to a combat hospital in Afghanistan with disseminated varicella, respiratory …