Co-reactivation of the human herpesvirus alpha subfamily (herpes simplex virus-1 and varicella zoster virus) in a critically ill patient with COVID-19

Br J Dermatol. 2020 Dec;183(6):1145-1147. doi: 10.1111/bjd.19484. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

Authors

R Xu¹, Y Zhou², L Cai³, L Wang⁴, J Han¹, X Yang³, J Chen³, J Chen³, C Ma¹, L Shen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun, Guangzhou, China.
² Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun, Guangzhou, China.
³ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Dongguan People's Hospital, Southern Medical University, Dongguan, China.
⁴ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19 / complications*
Critical Illness
Herpes Simplex / diagnosis*
Herpes Zoster / diagnosis*
Herpesvirus 1, Human / physiology
Herpesvirus 3, Human / physiology
Humans
Male
Virus Activation*
Virus Latency

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