Complications of varicella zoster.
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2002-02-04
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Primary infection with varicella zoster is characterzed by a generalized vesicular rash usually without significant systemic illness. Encephalitis, pneumonitis, pancreatitis, nephritis, Reye and Guillan-Barre syndrome transvers myelitis, myocarditis have been reported before, but there is not any case having all these system to be involved during the same infection in a sequential manner ending up with multiorgan failure. We wanted to represent 21-month-old boy had a multiorgan failure due to varicella zoster infection.
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Gücüyener K, Citak EC, Elli M, Serdaroğlu A, Citak FE. Complications of varicella zoster. Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2002 Feb; 69(2): 195-6