Disseminated Herpes Zoster with Acute Encephalitis in an Elderly Man: A Case Report
Elderly patients with disseminated HZ should be closely monitored for potential neurological complications such as HZ encephalitis. Once clinical manifestations such as fever, headache, meningeal irritation, cranial nerve impairment, or even cognitive changes appear, the possibility of CNS infection should be suspected.
Authors
- Jing Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9717-6998)
- Shuhua Xi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-7258)
- Zhao Ma
- Xinchang Xu
Institutions
- Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Case Reports in Dermatology
- Published
- 2025-07-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000547398
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00