@article{78b9a81d961a4b56af61123e65cd3a6f,
title = "Varicella zoster virus pneumonitis and brainstem encephalitis without skin rash in an immunocompetent sadult",
abstract = "Varicella zoster virus (VZV) pneumonitis and brainstem encephalitis developed in an immunocompetent adult without rash. Chest computed tomography exhibited nodularity; lung biopsy revealed multinucleated giant cells, Cowdry A inclusions, VZV antigen, and DNA. Varicella zoster virus central nervous system disease was verified by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) anti-VZV IgG antibody with reduced serum/CSF ratios.",
keywords = "Absence of rash, Brainstem encephalitis, Pneumonitis, VZV",
author = "Ramachandiran Nandhagopal and Nelly Khmeleva and B. Jayakrishnan and Teresa White and {Al Azri}, Faisal and Jojy George and Anna Heintzman and {Al Zeedy}, {Khalfan A.} and Lucy Rorke-Adams and Gujjar, {Arunodaya R.} and Schmid, {D. Scott} and Abdullah Al-Asmi and Nagel, {Maria A.} and Jacob, {Poovathoor Chacko} and Don Gilden",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (Grant AG032958 to D. G. and M. A. N.; Grant AG006127 to D. G.; and Grant NS067070 to M. A. N.). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author 2014.",
year = "2014",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/ofid/ofu064",
language = "English",
volume = "1",
journal = "Open Forum Infectious Diseases",
issn = "2328-8957",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "2",
}