Varicella-zoster virus as a causative agent of acute retinal necrosis in younger patients

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 132; no. 6; pp. 659 - 663
• Main Authors: Xu, Hai-Yan, Li, Meng-Da, Ye, Jun-Jie, Zhao, Chan, Hu, Yun-Tao, Di, Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies 20.03.2019; Department of Ophthalmology,Peking Union Medical College Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Beijing 100730,China%Department of Ophthalmology,Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital,School of Clinical Medicine,Tsinghua University,Beijing 102218,China; Wolters Kluwer Health; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age Factors; Antiviral drugs; Chicken pox; Cytomegalovirus; Edema; Epstein-Barr virus; Female; Herpes viruses; Herpesvirus 3, Human - pathogenicity; Humans; Male; Males; Middle Aged; Necrosis; Original; Pathogens; Patients; Retinal detachment; Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute - etiology; Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute - physiopathology; Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute - virology; Retrospective Studies; Statistical analysis; Surveillance; Ultrasonic imaging; Varicella Zoster Virus Infection - complications; Visual Acuity - physiology; Ganciclovir; Retinal necrosis syndrome; Acyclovir; Simplex virus; Acute; Varicella zoster virus infection

Herpes virus is considered to be the pathogen of acute retinal necrosis (ARN) infection. Previous studies have found that patients with ARN caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) are often older, and patients with herpes simplex virus (HSV) induced ARN are considerably younger. However, in our c...