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Volume 30, Number 12—December 2024
Synopsis

Increase in Adult Patients with Varicella Zoster Virus–Related Central Nervous System Infections, Japan

Ayami Yoshikane, Hiroki MiuraComments to Author , Sayuri Shima, Masaaki Matsunaga, Soichiro Ishimaru, Yuki Higashimoto, Yoshiki Kawamura, Kei Kozawa, Akiko Yoshikawa, Akihiro Ueda, Atsuhiko Ota, Hirohisa Watanabe, Tatsuro Mutoh, and Tetsushi Yoshikawa
Author affiliation: Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan (A. Yoshikane, H. Miura, S. Shima, M. Matsunaga, Y. Higashimoto, Y. Kawamura, K. Kozawa, A. Yoshikawa, A. Ueda, A. Ota, H. Watanabe, T. Mutoh, T. Yoshikawa); Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya, Aichi, Japan (S. Ishimaru)

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Figure 1

Flowchart of virologic examinations of cerebrospinal fluid samples from 615 patients with suspected CNS infection increase in adult patients with VZV-related CNS infections, Japan. Real-time PCR was carried out to detect DNA of 7 human herpesviruses: HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV, CMV, EBV, HHV-6, and HHV-7. Statistical analyses of VZV DNA–positive patients were performed to determine the trends and clinical features of VZV-related CNS infections. CMV, cytomegalovirus; CNS, central nervous system; EBV, Epstein‐Barr virus; HHV, human herpesvirus; HSV, herpes simplex virus; VZV, varicella-zoster virus.

Figure 1. Flowchart of virologic examinations of cerebrospinal fluid samples from 615 patients with suspected CNS infection increase in adult patients with VZV-related CNS infections, Japan. Real-time PCR was carried out to detect DNA of 7 human herpesviruses: HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV, CMV, EBV, HHV-6, and HHV-7. Statistical analyses of VZV DNA–positive patients were performed to determine the trends and clinical features of VZV-related CNS infections. CMV, cytomegalovirus; CNS, central nervous system; EBV, Epstein‐Barr virus; HHV, human herpesvirus; HSV, herpes simplex virus; VZV, varicella-zoster virus.

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