We present a 36-year-old woman who was born and raised in Hongkong but currently lived in the Netherlands. She was admitted with a varicella-zoster virus (VZV) primo-infection complicated by pneumonia and hepatitis. The patient was successfully treated with aciclovir. Adult VZV primo-infections are uncommon in Dutch natives but occur more often in immigrants from countries with a temperate climate where less people are infected during childhood.
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