Herpes zoster infection following mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis

Submitted: 27 July 2021
Accepted: 16 September 2021
Published: 22 November 2021
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Since the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic outbreak, vaccines gained a growing role. Possible vaccine-related side effects range from minor local events to more prominent systemic manifestations up to anaphylactic reactions. A heterogeneous spectrum of cutaneous reactions has been reported, ranging from local injection site reactions to urticarial and morbilliform eruptions, pernio/chilblains and zoster flares. Here, we describe a case of varicella zoster virus reactivation following mRNA coronavirus 2019 vaccine and discuss the available literature upon the topic published so far.

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Maranini, B., Ciancio, G., Cultrera, R., & Govoni, M. (2021). Herpes zoster infection following mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Reumatismo, 73(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2021.1445