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Primary Varicella Infection in a Young Adult from the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Case Report and Mini-Review McNaughton, Andrew; Karsenti, Nessika; Kwan, Jason; Adawi, Asal; Mansuri, Saniya; Boggild, Andrea K.

Abstract

We describe a case of an immunocompetent adult male patient originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who was referred to our unit for a several-day history of fever and a pruritic, vesicular rash. There was initial concern in the Emergency Department for Mpox (formerly known as “monkeypox”) given the current epidemiology versus other viral etiologies. Primary varicella zoster virus (pVZV) infection was ultimately diagnosed by PCR from a swabbed, unroofed lesion, and he recovered completely with supportive management and without antiviral therapy. We herein describe how common viral exanthems may best be differentiated in an emergency or outpatient setting.

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Title
Primary Varicella Infection in a Young Adult from the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Case Report and Mini-Review
Creator
McNaughton, Andrew; Karsenti, Nessika; Kwan, Jason; Adawi, Asal; Mansuri, Saniya; Boggild, Andrea K.
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2024-07-19
Description
We describe a case of an immunocompetent adult male patient originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who was referred to our unit for a several-day history of fever and a pruritic, vesicular rash. There was initial concern in the Emergency Department for Mpox (formerly known as “monkeypox”) given the current epidemiology versus other viral etiologies. Primary varicella zoster virus (pVZV) infection was ultimately diagnosed by PCR from a swabbed, unroofed lesion, and he recovered completely with supportive management and without antiviral therapy. We herein describe how common viral exanthems may best be differentiated in an emergency or outpatient setting.
Subject
chicken pox; fever in the returned traveler; herpesviridae; varicella zoster virus; viral exanthem
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2024-09-06
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0445342
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/89194
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Medicine, Department of
Citation
Infectious Disease Reports 16 (4): 628-637 (2024)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/idr16040048
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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