Varicella Pneumonia: Case Report and Review of a Potentially Lethal Complication of a Common Disease

Varicella Pneumonia: Case Report and Review of a Potentially Lethal Complication of a Common Disease

Varicella zoster virus causes varicella (chickenpox). It can be reactivated endogenously many years later to cause herpes zoster (shingles). Although varicella is usually a benign disease in healthy children, it resulted in over 11 000 hospitalizations and over 100 deaths every year, in all ages, in...

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Main Authors: John T. Denny MD, Zoe M. Rocke BS, Valerie A. McRae MD, Julia E. Denny MSN, CRNA, Christine Hunter Fratzola MD, Sajjad Ibrar MD, Joyce Bonitz MD, James T. Tse MD, PhD, Shaul Cohen MD, Scott J. Mellender MD, Geza K. Kiss MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709618770230

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