Varicella in a Pediatric Heart Transplant Population on Nonsteroid Maintenance Immunosuppression

Varicella-zoster virus has been reported to produce serious, often life-threatening, disease in immunosuppressed patients with a variety of diagnoses. The impact of this virus on the young child after heart transplantation has not been reported. We reviewed the charts of 28 children who were

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) 2001-11, Vol.108 (5), p.e80-e80
Hauptverfasser:	Dodd, Debra A, Burger, Judy, Edwards, Kathryn M, Dummer, J. Stephen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acyclovir - analogs & derivatives Acyclovir - therapeutic use Administration, Oral Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use Chickenpox - drug therapy Chickenpox - epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Follow-Up Studies Heart Transplantation - immunology Herpesvirus 3, Human - immunology Humans Immunocompromised Host Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use Infant Infant, Newborn Injections, Intravenous Pediatrics Valacyclovir Valine - analogs & derivatives Valine - therapeutic use
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Zusammenfassung:	Varicella-zoster virus has been reported to produce serious, often life-threatening, disease in immunosuppressed patients with a variety of diagnoses. The impact of this virus on the young child after heart transplantation has not been reported. We reviewed the charts of 28 children who were
ISSN:	0031-4005 1098-4275
DOI:	10.1542/peds.108.5.e80