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ArticleCase reports in nephrology and dialysis

Herpes Zoster in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Series of Three Cases.

Ramy M Hanna, Farid Abd-El-Malak, Ammar Alnaser, Rumi Cader, Julie M Yabu

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Article in Case reports in nephrology and dialysis. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ramy M HannaDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Farid Abd-El-MalakDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ammar AlnaserDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Rumi CaderDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Julie M YabuDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kidney transplant recipients require lifelong immunosuppression to prevent organ rejection. The need for this intervention, however, leads to decreased cellular immunity and, in turn, increased risk of developing herpes zoster (HZ) from reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus. HZ commonly presents as a painful rash in a dermatome presentation followed by post-herpetic neuralgia. In immunosuppressed individuals, the presentation can be atypical and vary in severity depending on degree of immunosuppression and host immune response. We present the clinical course of 3 kidney transplant recipients who developed HZ after transplantation at different times post-transplant with varying clinical manifestations. The balance between maintaining immunosuppression and preventing or subsequently treating disseminated disease is discussed.

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AcyclovirDisseminated zosterRenal transplantVaricella zoster

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PMID33251251
PMCPMC7670328
OpenAlexW3096705122

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