Fatal visceral disseminated varicella zoster infection during initial remission induction therapy in a patient with lupus nephritis and rheumatoid arthritis—possible association with mycophenolate mofetil and high-dose glucocorticoid therapy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Visceral disseminated varicella zoster viral (VZV) infection is a rare but severe complication with a high mortality rate in immunosuppressed individuals, and an increased susceptibility to VZV has been reported in kidney transplant recipients who are treated with mycophenolate mofetil (...

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Autores principales: Habuka, Masato, Wada, Yoko, Kurosawa, Yoichi, Yamamoto, Suguru, Tani, Yusuke, Ohashi, Riuko, Ajioka, Yoichi, Nakano, Masaaki, Narita, Ichiei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5838883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29506558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3271-3

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