A clinicomorphological study of childhood herpes zoster at a rural based tertiary center, Gujarat, India

Vora, Rita V; Kota, Rahul Krishna S; Jivani, Nidhi B

doi:10.4103/2319-7250.179505

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“…Childhood HZ is slightly more common in males and generally any dermatomes can be involved, 9 whereas in our case, the infant was female with a single dermatome (T9) involvement.…”

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confidence: 49%

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Herpes zoster in an 11‐month‐old immunocompetent infant: A rare case report

Sah

Shrestha

Chaudhary

2020

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“…Childhood HZ is slightly more common in males and generally any dermatomes can be involved, 9 whereas in our case, the infant was female with a single dermatome (T9) involvement.…”

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confidence: 49%

“…Some may acquire infection from other family members or siblings 5 . In a study done by Vora et al, 56% of children with HZ had history of exposure to VZV 9 . There are some cases where neither mother nor child had prior history of VZV infection before the occurrence of HZ 10 .…”

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Herpes zoster in an 11‐month‐old immunocompetent infant: A rare case report

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Shrestha

Chaudhary

2020

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“…Post Google scholar search, 13 additional articles were further added. [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] Also the 2013 paper from Nithyanandam et al 25 was a post-hoc analysis, so we retrieved the data from the primary publication. 41 Data were extracted from the 27 relevant articles for review.…”

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“…18,19,21,33 Eight studies reported exclusively on HZO cases. 16,17,23,32,35,37,38,41 Of the 27 publications, seven 21,22,24,27,28,31,40 provided proportions of HZ cases among all patients who attended outpatient visits in the considered departments, ranging between 0.28 and 2.36% (Figure 1). For example in the study with the largest sample size conducted in a rural hospital in Gujarat, 938 HZ cases were reported between June 2008 and December 2016 among all dermatology outpatients, yielding a proportion of 0.38%.…”

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“…As seen in Supplementary Table 1, eleven studies that included patients of all ages reported their mean age ranging between 29.6 and 57.3 years. 15,16,[22][23][24]28,31,35,37,38,41 Roughly half of the studies reported proportions of patients by age groups. Proportions of patients with HZ in >50 and >60 years ranged from 15.0% 36 to 81.3% 35 and from 5.0% 36 to 62.5%, 35 respectively.…”

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Herpes zoster in outpatient departments of healthcare centers in India: a review of literature

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Vora

Parikh

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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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In India, although incidence of Herpes zoster has not been assessed, regional cases have been reported. We revisited the peer-reviewed literature on clinical cases of HZ to depict the trends in population characteristics, disease presentation, and predisposing factors for the disease in India. Systematically conducted literature search yielded 27 studies, published between January 2011 and May 2020, reporting 3124 HZ clinical cases, with high proportions in older adults (>50 years of age: 15.0-81.3%). Thoracic dermatome was consistently reported as the most frequent site affected by HZ (38.9-71.0%). Postherpetic neuralgia and secondary bacterial infections were the two most frequent complications (10.2-54.7% and 3.5-21.0%, respectively). Despite the paucity of data and gaps in the reporting of HZ cases, available evidence indicate that the disease causes an important burden to older adults in India, suggesting that preventive strategies, along with recommendations to healthcare practitioners, can help mitigate the burden of HZ.

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Homoeopathic Treatment of Childhood Herpes Zoster—A Case Series

2023

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Background Herpes zoster (HZ) is a relatively rare infectious disease in the paediatric population as compared to adults, occurring due to the reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus that persists in the posterior root ganglion. HZ can develop any time after the primary infection and is characterised by grouped vesicular rashes limited to single dermatome. Diagnosis is based on a distinct clinical appearance of HZ. Its clinical course is variable, and it requires prompt medical treatment to prevent the complications. In conventional method, antiviral and other treatment modalities are available; however, these are fraught with potentially severe side effects and is expensive that demands an alternative method of treatment. Methods A case series of three children with HZ treated with individualised homeopathy is presented here. The cases are reported according to HOM-CASE guidelines and followed up with photographic documentation. The Modiﬁed Naranjo Criteria for Homeopathy (MONARCH) inventory was used as a tool for assessing the causal relationship between homeopathic intervention and clinical outcome. Results All cases of HZ were successfully cured with individualised homoeopathy within 10 days without any complication. Individual curative response of the homoeopathic medicine in each case was assessed through MONARCH which demonstrated a positive causal attribution of homeopathy. Conclusion Successful results of this case series suggest a positive response of individualised homeopathic medicines in the treatment of childhood HZ. The remissions of the HZ lesion presented in this case series may be attributed to homeopathic medicines in each case. Hence, this case series could serve as a basis for further research into the role of individualised homeopathic medicine in the treatment of childhood herpes zoster.

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A clinicomorphological study of childhood herpes zoster at a rural based tertiary center, Gujarat, India

Cited by 4 publications

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Herpes zoster in an 11‐month‐old immunocompetent infant: A rare case report

Herpes zoster in an 11‐month‐old immunocompetent infant: A rare case report

Herpes zoster in outpatient departments of healthcare centers in India: a review of literature

Homoeopathic Treatment of Childhood Herpes Zoster—A Case Series

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