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Also called:
•Shingles
•Zone/Zona
•Acute Posterior
Ganglionitis
CAUSATIVE AGENT
Varicella Zoster Virus
MODE OF TRANSMISSION
oDroplet
•Appears in CLUSTER
STAGES OF HZ/SHINGLES
DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND MEDICAL
MANAGEMENT FOR HERPES ZOSTER
o Same as in Chicken Pox
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS:
1. Serological Methods
2. Direct Fluorescent antibody test
3. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test
4. Tzanck Smear
RATIONALE:
oTo obtain three-fold effect
1. Astringent Effect - to dry the rashes
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
Dumo, Iareen
Duque, H. Angel
Espanto, Dianne