Prolonged varicella-zoster virus reinfection in an adult after unrelated cord blood transplantation

• Main Authors: Masahiro Oka (Author), Makoto Kunisada (Author), Yuichiro Oba (Author), Atsuo Okamura (Author), Chikako Nishigori (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Most varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infections after cord blood transplantation (CBT) present as localized herpes zoster. Here, we report a case of VZV reinfection in an adult patient after CBT that appeared clinically to be varicella. A 50-year-old Japanese man underwent CBT for the management of acu...