Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights the potential for severe, life-threatening complications of chicken pox in adults and the importance of prompt management.
May support prompt acyclovir in severe adult varicella; single case leaves open need for controlled data.
Chicken pox is a self-limiting, infectious disease caused by Varicella-zoster virus (VZV). In adults though rare, severe form of disease may cause complications like hepatitis, pneumonia, encephalitis. We present here a case of young male with life threatening complications of chicken pox who survived due to prompt & timely management.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v15i1.19873 J Medicine 2014; 15: 55-57
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Chowdhury et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Chicken pox with complications (encephalitis, septicemia, DIC) (n=1). Intravenous acyclovir and ceftriaxone was evaluated on Clinical recovery.
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