1. Diaphragmatic paralysis associated with herpes zoster and HIV-tuberculosis co-infection.
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Benabdellah A, Souhil T, and Farouk ZO
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- Adult, Coinfection complications, Fatal Outcome, Female, Herpes Zoster physiopathology, Herpesvirus 3, Human isolation & purification, Humans, Male, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification, Respiratory Paralysis diagnosis, Respiratory Paralysis virology, Tuberculosis microbiology, HIV Infections complications, Herpes Zoster complications, Respiratory Paralysis etiology, Tuberculosis complications
- Abstract
Motor complications after herpes zoster are not uncommon. There have been reports of muscular paralysis following herpes zoster. The association between diaphragmatic paralysis and zoster was first reported in 1949 by Halpern. The case presented below showed diaphragmatic involvement following herpes zoster in a HIV-tuberculosis coinfected patient., (© The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.)
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- 2014
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