CT appearance of Varicella Zoster lesions in liver and spleen in an immunocompetent patient

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-305

  Venkatesh, Sudhakar Kundapur ^a   Lo, Lena Li Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CT; Disseminated; Liver; Spleen; Systemic; Varicella Zoster

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CLOXACILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER ENZYME; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER NODULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SPLEEN DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; TABLET; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745997634     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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