Varicella-zoster virus acute myelitis in a patient with MS treated with natalizumab

Jennifer Yeung,Cécile Cauquil,Guillaume Saliou,Ghaida Nasser,Sophio Rostomashvili,David H. Adams,Marie Théaudin

Varicella-zoster virus acute myelitis in a patient with MS treated with natalizumab

2013

Jennifer Yeung
Cécile Cauquil
Guillaume Saliou
Ghaida Nasser
Sophio Rostomashvili
David H. Adams
Marie Théaudin

We report a case of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) myelitis in a woman with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) receiving natalizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that induces an immunosuppression localized to the CNS.

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Virus
Varicella zoster virus
Multiple sclerosis
Medicine
Myelitis
Monoclonal antibody
Immunology
Natalizumab
Immunosuppression
Virology
Diabetes mellitus

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