Bilateral herpes zoster in a patient with end-stage kidney disease
Tetsu Akimoto, Shigeaki Muto, Daisuke Nagata Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke-Shi, Tochigi, Japan Abstract: Herpes zoster (HZ) is caused by the reactivation of a latent varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection within the cranial or dorsal root ganglia.The cutaneous lesions of HZ are typical