Fulminant varicella hepatitis in a human immunodeficiency virus infected patient: Case report and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 929-931

  Lechiche, Catherine ^a   Le Moing, Vincent ^a   François Perrigault, Pierre ^a   Reynes, Jacques ^a  

^a GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; RITONAVIR; UREA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 33749365544     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600561785     Document Type: Article

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