Development and Evaluation of a New Predictive Nomogram for Predicting Risk of Herpes Zoster Infection in a Chinese Population with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

CONCLUSION: The herpes zoster nomogram combines age, weight, position of the rash, 2-hour plasma glucose, glycosuria, serum creatinine, length of the hospital stay, and hypertension. This calculator can be used to assess the individual herpes zoster risks in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus.PMID:34866948 | PMC:PMC8636977 | DOI:10.2147/RMHP.S310938

Source: Herpes - December 6, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ni Zeng Yueyue Li Qian Wang Yihe Chen Yan Zhang Lanfang Zhang Feng Jiang Wei Yuan Dan Luo Source Type: research