“…In our series we did not observe any dissemination of the eruption, or other side-effects in the prednisolone treated group. This accords with other reports (Sulzberger et al, 1951;Gelfand, 1954;Appelman, 1955;Sauer, 1955;Elliott, 1964;Eaglstein et al, 1970;Pearce, 1973). These findings are in sharp contrast with those of Merselis et al (1964), who reported seventeen cases of disseminated herpes zoster in corticosteroid treated patients.…”