BACKGROUND: There is a direct correlation between increasing age and incidence of @entity4091 . There is an increased risk of complications in the elderly and the immunocompromised. OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical epidemiology of hospitalised @entity1 with @entity4091 . METHODS: Medical records of all @entity1 hospitalised with zoster were respectively analysed. RESULTS: Sixty-seven @entity1 (3% of total admissions) were studied. There were 35 males and 32 females with a mean age of 50.35 +/- 21.71. There was an increased proportion of older @entity1 in the study cohort. Nineteen @entity1 (28.4%) were immunocompromised with @entity5 occurring in 9 @entity1 . Thirteen had been on cytotoxic and/or @entity134 therapy. The commonest symptoms were @entity1910 , @entity158 and @entity221 . Eighty-five percent of the @entity1 had complications ( @entity2348 in (61%), dissemination (31%), @entity2194 (5%) and @entity9 (13.4%). There was an increasing frequency of duration of @entity158 with increasing age in the @entity1 with @entity9 . Forty-three @entity1 were treated with @entity1033 . The median time to healing of lesions was 11 days. The 41 @entity1 with @entity2348 received antibiotics with median time to healing of 12 days. CONCLUSION: Increasing age and immunocompromised state appear to be risk factors for developing @entity4091 in hospitalised @entity1 .

Clinical presentation of XXXX in a Singapore hospital.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1033 :: ('MESH:D000212', 'Chemical') :: ['acyclovir'] @entity2194 :: ('MESH:D005128', 'Disease') :: ['ocular involvement'] @entity1910 :: ('MESH:D005076', 'Disease') :: ['rash'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['malignancy'] @entity2348 :: ('MESH:D001424', 'Disease') :: ['bacterial super-infection'] @entity4091 :: ('MESH:D006562', 'Disease') :: ['herpes zoster'] @entity134 :: ('CHEBI:35341', 'Chemical') :: ['steroid'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity221 :: ('MESH:D005334', 'Disease') :: ['fever'] @entity9 :: ('MESH:D009437', 'Disease') :: ['post-herpetic neuralgia']
@entity4091 :: (MESH:D006562,Disease) :: ['herpes zoster']
