Concomitant use of acyclovir and intravenous immunoglobulin rescues an immunocompromised child with disseminated varicella caused multiple organ failure

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Ying Chun ^a   Fan, Hueng Chuen ^a   Wang, Chih Chien ^a   Cheng, Shin Nan ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acyclovir; ALL; IVIG; varicella

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ASPARAGINASE; IDARUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; HEPATITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 80455140522     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181ec0efb     Document Type: Article

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