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Fatal varicella in a healthy girl
S Teravanichpong1, T Chuangsuwanich
1Division of Pediatrics, Royal-Irrigation Hospital, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Abstract:
A fatal case of chickenpox in a healthy 6-year-old girl is reported. She presented with hemorrhagic bullae from thrombocytopenia and then progressed rapidly to disseminated infection involving many systems causing myocarditis, pneumonitis and hepatitis. A peculiar blood picture with marked leukocytosis (leukemoid reaction) is revised and discussed.