Post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent varicella in immunocompromised children

BACKGROUND: Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection can cause life-threatening events in immunocompromised patients. Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is required to prevent secondary VZV infection. Limited evidence is available for the use of acyclovir (ACV)/valacyclovir (VCV) as PEP. METHODS: Herein,...

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Autores principales: Yamaguchi, Makoto, Tetsuka, Nobuyuki, Okumura, Toshihiko, Haruta, Kazunori, Suzuki, Takako, Torii, Yuka, Kawada, Jun-ichi, Ito, Yoshinori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9471438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36120112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2022.100242

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9471438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36120112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2022.100242

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