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BONAL RUIZ, Rolando  y  BARRETO DE LIMA, Paula. Herpes zoster of scarcely frequent localization on an immune-compromised adolescent. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.1, pp. 139-145. ISSN 1561-3038.

The case is described of an immunocompetent 16-year-old female patient with herpes zoster located in the left gluteal region, which evolved satisfactorily. The patient has a history of not being vaccinated with the vaccine anicaricela nor infected with chickenpox, her mother suffered from this disease at 28 weeks of pregnancy. Herpes zoster appears more and more in adolescence and childhood. The gluteal location is a rare location.

Palabras clave : herpes zoster; immunocompetence; adolescence.

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