Varicella reinfection in a seropositive physician following occupational exposure to localized zoster.
Jennifer A Johnson, Karen C Bloch, Bich N Dang
Author Information
Jennifer A Johnson: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2650, USA. jennifer.johnson.2@vanderbilt.edu
A 32-year-old physician with a history of chickenpox at age 5 and seropositivity to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) at age 30 developed fever and vesicular rash 14 days after examining an immunocompetent patient with localized herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Vesicular viral culture grew VZV, and the physician was diagnosed with VZV reinfection.
