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. 2009 Aug;61(2):345-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.11.891.

Disseminated herpes zoster with increased CD4 counts in 3 HIV-infected patients

Pooja Lidhoo  1 , Patrick Unemori, Kieron S Leslie, Toby Maurer
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Disseminated herpes zoster with increased CD4 counts in 3 HIV-infected patients

Pooja Lidhoo et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

It has been reported that the diagnosis of multidermatomal herpes zoster in HIV-infected patients occurs at a lower CD4 level than zoster involving a single dermatome. Herein, we describe 3 cases of HIV-infected patients presenting with disseminated zoster at high CD4 counts and low HIV viral loads.

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