Fatal varicella in a healthy girl

A fatal case of chickenpox in a healthy 6-year-old girl is reported. She presented with hemorrhagic bullae from thrombocytopenia and then progressed rapidly to disseminated infection involving many systems causing myocarditis, pneumonitis and hepatitis. A peculiar blood picture with marked leukocyto...

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Published inJournal of the Medical Association of Thailand Vol. 73; no. 11; p. 648
Main Authors Teravanichpong, S, Chuangsuwanich, T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thailand 01.11.1990
Subjects
Chickenpox - complications
Child
Female
Hepatitis, Viral, Human - microbiology
Humans
Leukocytosis - etiology
Myocarditis - microbiology
Pneumonia, Viral - microbiology
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic - etiology
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Summary:A fatal case of chickenpox in a healthy 6-year-old girl is reported. She presented with hemorrhagic bullae from thrombocytopenia and then progressed rapidly to disseminated infection involving many systems causing myocarditis, pneumonitis and hepatitis. A peculiar blood picture with marked leukocytosis (leukemoid reaction) is revised and discussed.
ISSN:0125-2208