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01-03-2019 | Chickenpox | Clinical Practice: Clinical Images
Chickenpox in a Vaccinated Adult
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 3/2019
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A healthy 37-year-old man presented with a pruritic rash, chills, and body aches for three days. He was afebrile and had scattered vesicles on an erythematous base, on his trunk and extremities (Figs. 1 and 2). He reported never having chickenpox but had received two doses of the varicella vaccine at age 20. He worked at a nursing home where a resident had recently developed shingles. Vesicular fluid PCR testing was positive for varicella zoster, consistent with chickenpox.
Fig. 1
Vesicular rash on trunk.
Fig. 2
Vesicular rash on back.
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