Disseminated varicella with multiorgan failure in an immunocompetent adult

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 747-749

  Beby Defaux, Agnès ^a   Brabant, Severine ^a   Chatellier, Delphine ^a   Bourgoin, Anne ^a   Robert, Renè ^a   Ruckes, Tobias ^b   Agius, Gerard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Artus GmbH   (Germany)

^c POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adult; Immunocompetent; Real time pCR; Varicella; VZV

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS LOAD; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; VIR;

ADULT; CHICKENPOX; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 62849126332     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21447     Document Type: Article

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