Interleukin-2: a potential treatment option for postherpetic neuralgia?

Rotty, Jessica; Heinzerling, Lucie; Schurmann, Dirk; Suttorp, Norbert · Clin Infect Dis · 2006

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Postherpetic neuralgia is a chronic pain syndrome that is often difficult to treat and can lead to a disabling disease if it is resistant to therapy. Presented here is the case of a 46-year-old patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection and chronic, treatment-resistant neuralgia. Postherpetic pain resolved after treatment with 1 cycle of subcutaneous recombinant interleukin-2.

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