Report #2833742

Received Mar 28, 2025

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Overview

Sex: Female
Age: 4 yrs
State: MI
Recovered: Recovered
Vaccinated: Oct 20, 2017
Onset: Mar 19, 2025
Days to onset: 2707
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (2)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
VARCEL	VARICELLA (VARIVAX)	MERCK & CO. INC.	1	K003413	SC / RL
VARCEL	VARICELLA (VARIVAX)	MERCK & CO. INC.	2	N019822	SC / RL

Symptoms (2)

Herpes simplex test negativeHerpes zoster

Symptom narrative

Seen 3/21/25 for apparent 3rd episode of Zoster this time different body location than the previous two. Cause felt to be related to post vaccination infection rather than naturally occurring chicken pox.

Current illness

None

Medical history

Recurrent herpes zoster post vaccination

Other medications

Unknown

Allergies

KNMA

Lab data

HSV swab negative on rash