Acute myelitis with multicranial neuritis caused by Varicella zoster virus: a case report

• Published in: BMC neurology Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 45 - 6
• Main Authors: Liu, Qi, Zhou, Xiaomeng, Li, Zhenfei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.02.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abdomen; Acute transverse myelitis; Adrenal glands; Care and treatment; Case Report; Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Chicken pox; Chickenpox; Computed tomography; Control; Copy number; Diagnosis; Distension; DNA sequencing; Encephalitis; Epidemiology; Fever; Guillain-Barre syndrome; Hearing loss; Herpes Zoster; Herpes Zoster Oticus; Herpesvirus 3, Human - genetics; Humans; Identification and classification; Immunoglobulin G; Infections; Intestinal obstruction; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Meninges; Meningitis; Metagenomic next-generation sequencing; Metagenomics; Middle Aged; Multicranial neuritis; Myelitis; Myelitis - diagnostic imaging; Neuritis; Next-generation sequencing; Paralysis; Patients; Peripheral neuropathy; Prevention; Risk factors; Spinal cord; Urinary retention; Varicella; Varicella zoster virus; Viral infections; China; Varicella zoster virus; Acute transverse myelitis; Metagenomic next-generation sequencing; Multicranial neuritis; Central nervous system

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) can remain lifelong in the latent state in ganglionic neurons and adrenal glands after the initial infection. However, it can be reactivated anytime and can trigger several severe neurological manifestations such as encephalitis, meningitis, Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, cerebel...