Acute renal failure caused by intravenous acyclovir for disseminated varicella zoster virus infection

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-95

  Mihara, Ai ^a   Mori, Takehiko ^a   Nakazato, Tomonori ^a   Ikeda, Yasuo ^a   Okamoto, Shinichiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CREATININE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODIALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGURIA; SIDE EFFECT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINE VOLUME;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGURIA; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 33847127846     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600868347     Document Type: Letter

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