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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Severe chickenpox after intranasal use of corticosteroids
The Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 123, No. 4, Year 1993
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Two children were hospitalized for severe chickenpox after intranasal use of corticosteroids for chronic sinusitis. One had unusually extensive cutaneous disease with delayed progression of lesions, dehydration, and prolonged fever; the other had hemorrhagic cutaneous lesions, hepatitis, and pneumonitis. Both were treated with intravenous acyclovir infusion and recovered. Systemic or local immunosuppression after intranasal corticosteroid administration may have predisposed the children to severe varicella infection. © 1993 Mosby-Year Book, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Abzug, Mark J.
United States, Aurora
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Cotton, Mark Fredric
United States, Aurora
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 43
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0022-3476(05)80954-0
ISSN:
00223476
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health