Contemporaneous varicella and zoster or disseminated zoster? A diagnostic challenge in an HIV-positive child.

UNLABELLED: Primary infection with Varicella-Zoster virus causes varicella (chickenpox). Thereafter, following reactivation after a period of latency, it can cause zoster (shingles). Simultaneous occurrence of varicella and zoster is rare, particularly in children.

CONTRIBUTION: We describe an 11-year-old girl, HIV-positive, but not receiving antiretrovirals, who presented with contemporaneous varicella and zoster, with the possibility of disseminated zoster also considered.