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Erschienen in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 2/2019

18.12.2018 | CE - Research Letter to the Editor

Patients with appendectomy are at increased risk of herpes zoster: real-world data in Taiwan

verfasst von: Shih-Wei Lai, Cheng-Li Lin

Erschienen in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Ausgabe 2/2019

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Some case reports showed that despite being rare, acute appendicitis could be caused by primary varicella-zoster virus infection [1]. Epidemiologic studies have shown that appendectomy is associated with increased risk of various infections including pyogenic liver abscess and biliary tract infection [2, 3], but the relationship between appendectomy and herpes zoster has not yet been explored. To explore this relationship, a cohort study was conducted using the database of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program with 23 million citizens living in an independent country of Taiwan [4]. …
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Titel
Patients with appendectomy are at increased risk of herpes zoster: real-world data in Taiwan
verfasst von
Shih-Wei Lai
Cheng-Li Lin
Publikationsdatum
18.12.2018
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Ausgabe 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Elektronische ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-2010-z

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