Brivudine for immunocompromised children with herpes zoster

Primary infection with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox. In most healthy children, it presents as a self-limiting pruritic vesicular rash. The virus can then enter a dormant period in the dorsal root ganglia. Reactivation of VZV manifests as herpes zoster (HZ). This can be an exceedingly painful vesicular rash distributed across a single dermatome… Read More »Brivudine for immunocompromised children with herpes zoster