HERPES ZOSTER IN A 7-MONTH-OLD HEALTHY INFANT

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes two distinct clinical entities: varicella and herpes zoster (HZ). Both entities have a benign clinical course in immunocompetent and young individuals. But immunocompromised and elderly are at greater risk for severe infection and complications. Generally herpes zoster is seen in the adult age; additionally it is seen in an earlier age in the patients with immunosuppressive disease. In our case report we present a 7-months aged, healty patient without any immunosuppressive disease who was diagnosed as herpes zoster.