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Fatal varicella in an immunocompromised adult
R Vadoud-Seyedi1, C Liesnard, F Willaert
1Department of Dermatology, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A fatal case of disseminated varicella in a 28-year-old immunocompromised woman is reported. Abdominal pain was the first manifestation of the disease, generalized vesicular eruption developed later. The cutaneous lesions became purpuric, and spontaneous hematomas appeared as a result of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Primary varicella infection remains a serious problem in immunocompromised patients.