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Systemic varicella-zoster virus infection in two critically ill patients in an intensive care unit

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) usually causes localized zoster in adults. However, in immunocompromised patients, it can cause systemic infection accompanied by complications such as pneumonia, encephalitis, and hepatitis. Although most of critically ill patients in intensive care unit (ICU) are immun...

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Autores principales: Hagiya, Hideharu, Kimura, Maya, Miyamoto, Toru, Otsuka, Fumio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3711847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23829348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-10-225