acyclovir and Heart-Arrest

acyclovir has been researched along with Heart-Arrest* in 2 studies

Other Studies

2 other study(ies) available for acyclovir and Heart-Arrest

ArticleYear
Live zoster vaccination in an immunocompromised patient leading to death secondary to disseminated varicella zoster virus infection.
    Vaccine, 2018, 06-22, Volume: 36, Issue:27

    In 2016, the live attenuated zoster vaccine (Zostavax, Merck and Co, USA) was introduced into the Australian National Immunisation Program for people aged 70 years who are not significantly immunocompromised. We report the administration of Zostavax in an immunocompromised patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and no evidence of primary varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection. The patient presented with a bilateral vesicular facial rash 22 days after receiving Zostavax and was initially managed as an outpatient with oral acyclovir. He re-presented three days later and was diagnosed with disseminated VZV infection complicated by meningoencephalitis. The patient died following cardiac arrest on day 10 of hospitalisation. This unfortunate case highlights the challenge of safely implementing a high titre live vaccine in a population where contraindications are prevalent. The non-live recombinant herpes zoster subunit vaccine (Shingrix, GSK) may provide a safe and effective option to protect immunocompromised patients from shingles and post-herpetic neuralgia.

    Topics: Acyclovir; Aged; Antiviral Agents; Australia; Contraindications, Procedure; Exanthema; Fatal Outcome; Heart Arrest; Herpes Zoster; Herpes Zoster Vaccine; Hospitalization; Humans; Immunocompromised Host; Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell; Male; Meningoencephalitis; Neuralgia, Postherpetic; Vaccination; Vaccines, Attenuated; Varicella Zoster Virus Infection

2018
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a patient with herpes encephalitis.
    Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2012, Volume: 19, Issue:3

    We present a patient with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and subsequent ventricular fibrillation with acquired long QT syndrome secondary to herpes encephalitis.

    Topics: Acute Disease; Acyclovir; Antiviral Agents; Defibrillators, Implantable; Electrocardiography; Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex; Female; Foscarnet; Ganciclovir; Headache; Heart Arrest; Herpesvirus 2, Human; Humans; Long QT Syndrome; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Meningitis, Viral; Middle Aged; Seizures; Tachycardia, Ventricular; Torsades de Pointes

2012