TY - JOUR ID - 14833 TI - The Very Rare Concurrency of Herpes Zoster and Varicella in a 4-Year-Old Boy JO - International Journal of Pediatrics JA - IJP LA - en SN - 2345-5047 AU - Memarian, Sara AU - Khodabandeh, Mahmoud AU - Gharib, Behdad AD - Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 8 IS - 6 SP - 11425 EP - 11428 KW - Chickenpox KW - Varicella zoster virus infection KW - Herpes zoster DO - 10.22038/ijp.2020.46220.3765 N2 -       Varicella is a common and worldwide disease in childhood. It causes primary (chickenpox) and latent infection that may lead to a reactivation disease called zoster (shingles). Zoster or shingles is caused by reactivation of the virus that has been latent in the spinal dorsal ganglion and may occur even in immunocompetent hosts. Although zoster is rare in children, it may happen sometimes latter. The contemporaneous occurrence varicella and zoster are very rare. We present an immunocompetent 4 years old boy presented by simultaneous varicella and zoster after a household contact.In this case, the virus appeared both neurotropic and dermotropic characteristics simultaneously.  This study may enhance the awareness about this rare presentation and obviate the need for unnecessary ‎treatments and ‎investigations for both clinicians and patients‎. UR - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_14833.html L1 - https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_14833_41c954dd3a8cd5b784aa21d8d68525ab.pdf ER -