Disseminated varicella zoster virus in an immunized child as the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-defining illness

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 192-194

  Chilek, Katherine ^a   Routhouska, Shannon ^b   Tamburro, Joan ^b  

^a Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; EYE DROPS; KETOCONAZOLE; PERMETHRIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TRIFLURIDINE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELLULITIS; CHILD; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EYE PAIN; EYELID EDEMA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; KERATITIS; LETHARGY; LEUKOPENIA; MALAISE; MALE; MOTHER; OTITIS MEDIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUSTULE; SCABIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXAMINATION; THRUSH; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER VACCINE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE;

EID: 77951271331     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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