Herpes Zoster Duplex Unilateralis as a manifestation of severe lymphopenia in COVID-19

ABSTRACT

SARS-CoV2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2), a novel coronavirus was first reported in December of 2019 from Wuhan, China as an aetiological agent causing a new infectious respiratory disease (coronavirus disease 2019- COVID-19). The main clinical manifestations of COVID-19 are fever, cough, fatigue, dyspnoea and muscle aches. Herpes zoster is characterized by several groups of painful vesicles on an erythematous base with a distribution in a unilateral dermatome involving the skin and/or mucosa. Herpes zoster is caused by varicella zoster virus which remains dormant in the sensory root ganglion contained by the immune system particularly CD lymphocytes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)