Acute appendicitis, a rare complication of varicella: A report of three cases

Journal of Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 430-433

  Lukšić, Boris ^a   Mladinov, Suzana ^b   Goić Barišić, Ivana ^a   Srzić, Ante ^a   Brizić, Ivica ^a   Perić, Ljiljana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; PAPULE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RASH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CROATIA; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858445350     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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