Fatal varicella zoster virus infection as first manifestation of idiopathic CD4+ T-cell lymphocytopenia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 706-708

  Hochauf, K ^a   Bandt, D ^a   Pohlmann C ^a   Monecke, S ^a   Toma, M ^a   Trautmann, S ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC CD4 T CELL LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTOPENIA, IDIOPATHIC CD4-POSITIVE;

EID: 27944462202     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0033-7     Document Type: Article

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