Risk of herpes zoster among patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease in a cohort study in Taiwan

• Published in: International journal of clinical practice (Esher) Vol. 74; no. 10; pp. e13566 - n/a
• Main Authors: Lai, Shih‐Wei, Kuo, Yu‐Hung, Lin, Cheng‐Li, Liao, Kuan‐Fu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.10.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Databases, Factual; Dialysis; Female; Herpes zoster; Herpes Zoster - diagnosis; Herpes Zoster - epidemiology; Herpesvirus 3, Human; Humans; Incidence; Kidney diseases; Male; Middle Aged; Proportional Hazards Models; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - diagnosis; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Taiwan - epidemiology; Young Adult; Taiwan

Background/Objective Patients on chronic dialysis are at risk of developing herpes zoster, but little systematic research focuses on the association between predialysis chronic kidney disease and herpes zoster. The objective of the study was to explore the association between predialysis chronic kid...