Rapid diagnosis of varicella zoster virus infection in acute facial palsy

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Murakami, S [1 ]
Honda, N
Mizobuchi, M
Nakashiro, Y
Hato, N
Gyo, K
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[1] Ehime Univ, Sch Med, Dept Otolaryngol, Shigenobu, Ehime 79102, Japan
[2] Ehime Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neuropsychiat, Shigenobu, Ehime 79102, Japan
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10.1212/WNL.51.4.1202
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Patients with zoster sine herpete and Ramsay Hunt syndrome without pathognomonic vesicles at the initial visit are often misdiagnosed with Bell's palsy and treated without antiviral agents. With PCR, we found that varicella zoster virus genomes were frequently detectable in auricular skin exudate from patients with tester sine herpete or Ramsay Hunt syndrome before the appearance of vesicles.
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页码:1202 / 1205
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