Risk of Herpes Zoster in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis—A Population-Based Cohort Study

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ID15512082
AuthorsChih-An Wang (Chia-Yi Christian Hospital), Chia‐Hung Chen (0000-0003-1158-9722, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital), Chia-Hung Chen (0009-0003-9532-6985, Department of Medical Education, Ditmanson Medical Foundation, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi 600, Taiwan), Wen-Che Hsieh (Chia-Yi Christian Hospital), Tzu-Ju Hsu (0000-0002-2949-6535, China Medical University), Chung Y Hsu (0000-0002-5632-2733, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Yung-Chi Cheng (National Taichung University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Chao-Yu Hsu (0009-0000-3877-5010, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume20
Issue3
Pages2656-2656
Publication date2023-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20032656
PMID36768020
OpenAlexW4319023452
LanguageEN
References cited36

Patients with TB should be well treated to avoid the potential risk of HZ occurrence. Although we identified the association between pulmonary TB and HZ, further studies are needed to confirm the result

Cohort · Cohort study · Confidence interval · Confounding · Environmental health · Hazard ratio · Pathology · Population · Tuberculosis · Bartonella species infections research · Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research · Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments · Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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