DETECTION OF VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS-DNA USING THE POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT WITH TRANSVERSE MYELITIS SECONDARY TO HERPES-ZOSTER

Authors
GRANT AD FOX JD BRINK NS MILLER RF
Citation
Ad. Grant et al., DETECTION OF VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS-DNA USING THE POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT WITH TRANSVERSE MYELITIS SECONDARY TO HERPES-ZOSTER, Genitourinary medicine, 69(4), 1993, pp. 273-275
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Genitourinary medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02664348
Volume
69
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
273 - 275
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-4348(1993)69:4<273:DOVVUT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A case of herpes zoster transverse myelitis is described in which the clinical diagnosis was confirmed by demonstrating the presence of vari cella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by ampli fication using the polymerase chain reaction. This case illustrates th e potential role of the selective amplification of VZV DNA from CSF in contributing to the diagnosis of neurological complications associate d with VZV infection.