Fulminant disseminated Varicella Zoster virus infection without skin involvement

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 7-12

  Grant, Ronald M ^a   Weitzman, Sheila S ^a   Sherman, Christopher G ^a   Sirkin, Wilma L ^a   Petric, Martin ^a   Tellier, Raymond ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Disseminated visceral infection; PCR; Varicella Zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VIREMIA;

EID: 0036139249     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6532(01)00217-7     Document Type: Article

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