Adult chickenpox complicated by fatal necrotising pneumonia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 160-161

  Stride, Peter J O ^a   Campher, Matthys J J ^a   Geary, Janice M ^a   Coulter, Christopher ^b   Duhig, Edwina E ^b  

^a REDCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; CEFTRIAXONE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALAISE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 4344615382     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06210.x     Document Type: Article

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