A case of zoster sine herpete presenting with thoracic radicular pain diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction in skin exudate

• Main Authors: Sang Hyeon Ku (Author), Han Su Kim (Author), Hyun Soo Kim (Author), Eun Joo Park (Author), Kwang Ho Kim (Author), Kwang Joong Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Varicella zoster virus (VZV) can cause radicular pain in the absence of skin lesions; such cases are referred to as zoster sine herpete (ZSH) and are usually diagnosed by using serological assays or polymerase chain reaction (PCR). An effort is underway to detect VZV DNA in novel specimens rather th...