| varicella-zoster virus dna in granulomatous skin lesions following herpes zoster. a study by the polymerase chain reaction. | granulomatous reactions at sites of previous cutaneous herpes zoster lesions occur, but their etiology is not known. three tissue specimens from 5 cases identified clinically and histologically as post-zosteric granulomatous reactions were studied for the presence of varicella-zoster virus (vzv) deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) by the polymerase chain reaction using specific primers for vzv. vzv dna was detected in 1 of 3 cases where the granulomatous reaction occurred immediately in the wake of reso ... | 1993 | 8385680 |