Reactivation of varicella-zoster virus in delayed facial palsy after dental treatment and oro-facial surgery
β Scribed by Yasushi Furuta; Fumio Ohtani; Satoshi Fukuda; Yukio Inuyama; Kazuo Nagashima
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation without cutaneous vesicles (zoster sine herpete) has been demonstrated in 8 to 25% of patients with acute peripheral facial palsy (APFP) by serological methods. To make an early diagnosis of zoster sine herpete, VZV DNA in oropharyngeal swabs from patients w
## Abstract Idiopathic peripheral facial nerve palsy has been associated with the reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSVβ1) or varicella zoster virus (VZV). In recent studies, detection rates were found to vary strongly which may be caused by the use of different oral fluid collection dev