Fulminant varicella infection complicated with acute respiratory distress syndrome, and disseminated intravascular coagulation in an immunocompetent young adult

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1205-1209

  Lee, Soshoku ^a   Ito, Nobuyuki ^a   Inagaki, Tomoko ^a   Okajima, Tatsuya ^a   Muramatsu, Atsushi ^a   Ito, Yoshiyuki ^a   Dojo, Manabu ^a   Yamazaki, Yukinao ^a   Azuma, Takeshi ^a   Kuriyama, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Rhabdomyolysis; Varicella infection

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; GABEXATE MESILATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PANIPENEM PLUS BETAMIPRON; PENTAZOCINE; SULPERAZON;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HEMOFILTRATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PURPURA; RASH; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 19944426704     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.1205     Document Type: Article

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