An 89-year-old lady presented with severe right-sided ophthalmic herpes zoster infection and secondary bacterial infection. Two weeks after admission she became very unwell with confusion and drowsiness and later developed bilateral upgoing plantar reflexes. An EEG was highly suggestive of herpes en
Herpes zoster laryngitis: case report and serological profile
โ Scribed by Jean-Baptiste Watelet; Anne-Sophie Evrard; Georges Lawson; Katrien Bonte; Marc Remacle; Paul Van Cauwenberge; Hubert Vermeersch
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 264
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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