Hemorrhagic Varicella in Chronic Liver Disease

Hemorrhagic varicella is a serious complication of a relatively benign disorder and usually occurs in immunocompromised persons and those on immunosuppressive therapy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of hemorrhagic varicella associated with chronic liver disease in Indian...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Chandra Madhur, Sharma, Deepti, Agrawal, Ravi Prakash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741231
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.127951
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description Hemorrhagic varicella is a serious complication of a relatively benign disorder and usually occurs in immunocompromised persons and those on immunosuppressive therapy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of hemorrhagic varicella associated with chronic liver disease in Indian literature. Our encounter with this case highlights that rare hemorrhagic varicella can also present in cases of chronic liver disease. Prompt diagnosis and treatment with acyclovir leads to complete recovery.
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spelling pubmed-39823562014-04-16 Hemorrhagic Varicella in Chronic Liver Disease Sharma, Chandra Madhur Sharma, Deepti Agrawal, Ravi Prakash J Glob Infect Dis Case Report Hemorrhagic varicella is a serious complication of a relatively benign disorder and usually occurs in immunocompromised persons and those on immunosuppressive therapy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of hemorrhagic varicella associated with chronic liver disease in Indian literature. Our encounter with this case highlights that rare hemorrhagic varicella can also present in cases of chronic liver disease. Prompt diagnosis and treatment with acyclovir leads to complete recovery. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3982356/ /pubmed/24741231 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.127951 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Global Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3982356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741231
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