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

• Үндсэн зохиолчид: Sang Hyeon Ku (Зохиогч), Han Su Kim (Зохиогч), Hyun Soo Kim (Зохиогч), Eun Joo Park (Зохиогч), Kwang Ho Kim (Зохиогч), Kwang Joong Kim (Зохиогч)
• Формат: Ном
• Хэвлэсэн: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Нөхцлүүд: 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...