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Herpes zoster (HZ; shingles) – a reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) – can
cause significant morbidity. Its major complication is pain, particularly post-herpetic neuralgia (…

Management of human herpesviruses remains a considerable clinical challenge, in part due
to their ability to cause both lytic and latent disease. Infection with the Herpesviridae results …

Objectives. To determine the sensitivity of referral guidelines for induced sputum in pulmonary
tuberculosis (PTB) case detection and determine the diagnostic yield of the test. Methods. …

To characterise predisposition to post herpetic neuralgia following herpes zoster. DESIGN:
Late follow up of patients originally admitted with acute zoster to a double blind randomised …

Sir—We read with interest the article by Dickson et al.[1] comparing gastric washing (GW)
with bronchoscopy in the investigation of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). The …

We report 2 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, which did not respond to adequate therapy. Both
these patients were later found to have coeliac disease, which led to malabsorption of the …

Discussion The epidemiology of the Sheffield cohort of patients correlates well with
worldwide trends in hepatitis B. This may reflect the fact that patients from recognised high …

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A visit to any museum focusing on the history of medicine will quickly make clear to any visitor
how important infection has been, and continues to be, to mankind. How appropriate it is …