Detection of varicella-zoster virus DNA by polymerase chain reaction in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with herpes zoster meningitis |
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Authors: | H Shoji Y Honda I Murai Y Sato K Oizumi R Hondo |
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Institution: | (1) First Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahimachi 67, 830 Kurume, Japan;(2) Department of Microbiology, Institute of Public Health, 108 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary In three of five patients with herpes zoster meningitis, varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA was detected by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the initial samples of cerebrospinal fluid. DNA fragments of group A or B, following classification of VZV strains by the size of the variable region IV of VZV genome, were found at the 7th, 10th and 24th illness day in the three positive cases: one of these cases did not have skin lesions. These results suggest that the detection of VZV DNA by PCR is useful for the diagnosis of herpes zoster meningitis, as well as for its molecular epidemiology. |
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Keywords: | Varicella-zoster virus DNA genome Polymerase chain reaction Herpes zoster meningitis |
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