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Complications of varicella zoster

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Primary infection with varicella zoster is characterized by a generalized vesicular rash usually without significant systemic illness. Encephalitis, pneumonitis, pancreatitis, nephritis, Reye and Guillan-Barre syndrome transvers myelitis, myocarditis have been reported before, but there is not any case having all these system to be involved during the same infection in a sequential manner ending up with multiorgan failure. We wanted to represent 21-month-old boy had a multiorgan failure due to varicella zoster infection.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Neurology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey

    Kivilcim Gürüyener,  Elvan Çaglar Çitak, Murat Elli, Ayse Serdaroglu & Funda Erkasar Çitak

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Gürüyener, K., Çitak, E.Ç., Elli, M. et al. Complications of varicella zoster. Indian J Pediatr 69, 195–196 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859388

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