Report #2836836

Received Apr 18, 2025

Office visit

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Overview

Sex: Male
Age: 1 yrs
State: MI
Recovered: Not recovered
Vaccinated: Dec 22, 2010
Onset: Mar 14, 2025
Days to onset: 5196
Hospital days: —

Vaccines (2)

Type	Name	Manufacturer	Dose	Lot	Route / Site
VARCEL	VARICELLA (VARIVAX)	MERCK & CO. INC.	1	1005Z	SC / LA
VARCEL	VARICELLA (VARIVAX)	MERCK & CO. INC.	2	J007027	SC / RL

Symptoms (3)

Herpes simplex test negativeHerpes zosterVaricella virus test positive

Symptom narrative

Patient with no history of natural chicken pox seen yesterdays with shingles to left arm. VZV confirmed by PCR. Appears to be vaccine induced shingles years after series.

Current illness

none

Medical history

none

Other medications

None

Allergies

None

Lab data

VZV PCR swab positive. HSV PCR swab negative.