Varicella Skin Complications in Childhood: A Case Series and a Systematic Review of the Literature

Even if varicella is generally considered a harmless disease in childhood, severe complications may occur. We examined varicella skin complications (VSCs) in hospitalized immunologically healthy children, over a nine-year period. We also systematically analyzed previous reports to calculate the rate...

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Autores principales: Bozzola, Elena, Bozzola, Mauro, Krzysztofiak, Andrzej, Tozzi, Alberto Eugenio, El Hachem, May, Villani, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27164095
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17050688
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Sumario:Even if varicella is generally considered a harmless disease in childhood, severe complications may occur. We examined varicella skin complications (VSCs) in hospitalized immunologically healthy children, over a nine-year period. We also systematically analyzed previous reports to calculate the rate of VSCs in the literature. VSCs occurred in 16.4% of children hospitalized for varicella. This figure is in accordance with the literature, as the range of VSCs was 2.6%–41.2%. Skin complications may represent determinants of hospitalization and of other indirect costs in young children.

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