A Case of Herpes Zoster in a 9-month-old Infant

9개월 영아에서 발생한 대상포진 1례

We experienced a case of herpes zoster in a 9-months aged infant as followings; The patient had no history of chickenpox or varicella vaccination. Also, her mother had no history of varicella infection and no contact history with varicella during pregnancy. The patient had only a history of exposure to chickenpox patient at 7th days after birth, but fortunately chickenpox was not developed. Sequentially, symptoms of cough with fever and tachypnea were developed on admission date(7 days had passed already after development of the initial skin lesion). On physical examination, multiple grouped painless erythematous papulovesicles with small crusts were observed on the right lower back, flank and abdomen along the T11 dermatome. Coarse breathing sound was osculated, and increased linear infiltrations on both parahilar areas were seen on chest radiography. Liver enzymes were slightly elevated. Tzanck test was negative. The initial titers of anti-VZV IgM and IgG on admission were negative, but the following titers of anti-VZV IgM and IgG were positive. The patient received treatment of acyclovir for 7 days, and healed completely without sequelae. We report this case with brief review of related literatures.

저자들은 임신 중에 수두를 앓거나 수두 환자와 접촉한 과거력이 없는 산모로부터 출산된 신생아가 생후 7일에 수두를 앓고 난 직후의 아이와 접촉한 후 생후 9개월에 우측 11번 흉곽 신경절을 따라 발생된 대상포진을 임상 및 검사로 확진하였고, acyclovir로 치유한 경험을 하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.