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
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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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author Bozzola, Elena
Bozzola, Mauro
Krzysztofiak, Andrzej
Tozzi, Alberto Eugenio
El Hachem, May
Villani, Alberto
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description 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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spelling pubmed-48815142016-05-27 Varicella Skin Complications in Childhood: A Case Series and a Systematic Review of the Literature Bozzola, Elena Bozzola, Mauro Krzysztofiak, Andrzej Tozzi, Alberto Eugenio El Hachem, May Villani, Alberto Int J Mol Sci Communication 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. MDPI 2016-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4881514/ /pubmed/27164095 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17050688 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bozzola, Elena
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Varicella Skin Complications in Childhood: A Case Series and a Systematic Review of the Literature
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title_full Varicella Skin Complications in Childhood: A Case Series and a Systematic Review of the Literature
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title_short Varicella Skin Complications in Childhood: A Case Series and a Systematic Review of the Literature
title_sort varicella skin complications in childhood: a case series and a systematic review of the literature
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url 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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