Infections caused by Varicella Zoster virus in cancer bearing children aged less than 15 years old;Infecciones por virus varicela zoster en menores de 15 años con cáncer

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 759-764

  Folatre B, Isabel ^a   Zolezzi R, Paola ^a   Schmidt K, Daniela ^a   Marín H, Francisco ^a   Täger F, Marlis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Herpes Zoster; Neoplasms; Varicellovirus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SOLID TUMOR; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0642276469     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. ARVIN A. Varicella-zoster virus. Clin Microbiol Rev 1996; 9: 361-81.
2. GERSHON A. Varicella-zoster virus. En: Feigin R, Cherry J, ed. Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. USA: Editorial Saunders, 1998; 1769-77.
3. CHARTRAND S. Varicella vaccine. Pediatric Clin North Am 2000; 47: 373-94.
4. GILDEN D, KLEINSCHMIDT-DE MASTERS B, LA GUARDA J, MAHALINGAM R, COHRS R. Neurologic complications of the reactivation of varicella-zoster virus. NEJM 2000; 342: 635-45.
5. FELDMAN S, HUGHES W, DANIEL C. Varicella in children with cancer: 77 cases. Pediatrics 1975; 90: 216-20.
6. ZOLEZZI P, WENZEL M, DELGADO M. Infección por virus varicela zoster en enfermedad de Hodgkin del niño en estadios avanzados III y IV. Rev Chil Pediatr 1990; 61: 77-80.
7. BALFOUR H. Intravenous acyclovir therapy for varicella in immunocompromised patient. J Pediatr 1984; 104: 134-6.
8. BALFOUR H. Drug therapy: Antiviral drugs. NEJM 1999; 340: 1255-68.
9. WUTZLER P. Antiviral therapy of herpes simplex and varicella-zoster virus infections. Intervirology 1997; 40: 343-56.
10. ABARCA K, HIRSH T, POTIN M, PERRET C, ZAMORANO J, GONZÁLEZ C ET AL. Complicaciones en niños con varicela en cuatro hospitales de Santiago-Chile: Espectro clínico y estimación de costos directos. Rev Méd Chile 2001; 129: 397-404.
11. COPLAN P, BLACK S, ROJAS C, SHINEFIELD H, RAY P, LEWIS E ET AL. Incidence and hospitalization rates of varicella and herpes zoster before varicella vaccine introduction: a baseline assessment of the shifting epidemiology of varicella disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2001; 20: 641-5.
12. ROWLAND P, WALD E, MIRRO J, YUNIS E, ALBO V, WOLLMAN M, ET AL. Progressive varicella presenting with pain and minimal skin involvement in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Oncol 1995; 13: 1097-703.
13. SCHIMPFF S, SERPICK A, STOLER D. Varicella zoster infection in patients with cancer. Ann Intern Med 1972; 76: 241-54.
14. HARDY I, GERSHAR A, STEINBERG S, LA RUSSA P. The incidence of zoster after immunization with live attenuated varicella vaccine. Varicella vaccine collaborative study group. NEJM 1991; 325: 1545-50.
15. AITKEN C, JEFFRIES D. Nosocomial spread of viral disease. Clin Microbiol Rev 2001; 14: 528-46.
16. SAWYER M, CHAMBERLIN C, WU Y, AINTABLIAN N, WALLACE M. Detection of varicella zoster virus DNA in air samples from hospital rooms. J Infect Dis 1994; 109: 9.
17. ARVIN A. Antiviral therapy for varicella and herpes zoster. Semin Pediatr Infect Dis 2002; 13.
18. Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics. Varicella-Zoster virus, in: 2000 Red Book (ed 25) Village, IL, American Academy of Pediatrics 2000; 624-38.
19. WHITE J. Clinical trials of varicella vaccine in healthy children. Infect Dis Clin North Am 1996; 10: 595-608.
20. COMITÉ CONSULTIVO DE INMUNIZACIONES, SOCIEDAD CHILENA DE INFECTOLOGÍA. Vacuna antivaricela en el Chile 2000. Rev Chil Infect 2001; 18: 225-9.
21. HALSEY N, ABRAMSON J, CHESNEY P, FISHER M, GERBER M, MARCY S, ET AL. Varicella vaccine update. Pediatrics 2000; 105: 136-41.
22. BUDA K, TURERGEN D, LEVIN M. The frequency and consequences of varicella exposure and varicella infection in children receiving maintenance therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1996; 18: 106-12.