zoster
Noun
Meaning
Shingles.
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Among opportunistic infections, tuberculosis, multidermatomal herpes zoster, esophageal candidiasis, pneumocystosis, acute histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, cytomegalovirus and BK virus were reported with Olumiant.
Analysis of a small number of clinical isolates from patients who received oral acyclovir or placebo for acute herpes zoster suggests that emergence of resistant VZV may occur infrequently.
For example, varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox in the acute phase ; after recovery from chickenpox, the virus may remain dormant in nerve cells for many years, and later cause herpes zoster (shingles).
"Herpes zoster is linked to increased rates of both stroke and myocardial infarction."
No herpes zoster, malignancies, deaths, or cases of pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis were reported."
Vaccination with ZOSTAVAX in the SPS reduced the incidence of PHN in individuals 70 years of age and older who developed zoster postvaccination.