Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and rhabdomyolysis in fulminant varicella infection. Case report and review of the literature

Infection

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 306-308

  Hollenstein, U ^a   Thalhammer, F ^a   Burgmann, H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THROMBOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 0031715895     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02962254     Document Type: Article

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