Rare presentation of primary varicella zoster as fatal fulminant hepatitis in adult on low-dose,short-term steroid: Case report

BACKGROUND: Varicella zoster virus presents clinically as primary (chickenpox) or secondary (herpes zoster) infection. Cutaneous and extracutaneous dissemination may occur, usually in immunocompromised patients. VZV hepatitis that progresses to fulminant hepatic failure is very rare and fatal. To th...

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Autores principales: Toffaha, Ali, El Ansari, Walid, Ramzee, AF., Afana, Mohammad, Aljohary, Hesham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6864176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31763037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2019.10.034

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6864176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31763037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2019.10.034

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