Fatal visceral varicella-zoster virus infection without skin involvement in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-242

  Matsuzaki, Akinobu ^a,b   Suminoe, Aiko ^a   Koga, Yuhki ^a   Kusuhara, Koichi ^a   Hara, Takuya ^a   Ogata, Reina ^a   Sata, Tetsutaro ^c   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Immunocompromised host; Leukemia; Varicella; Visceral disease; VZV

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VISCERA;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CHICKENPOX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 42449155100     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010801938215     Document Type: Article

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