Literature DB >> 8553283

Fatal varicella zoster infection in a severe steroid dependent asthmatic patient receiving methotrexate.

A H Morice1, W K Lai.   

Abstract

A case is described of fatal haemorrhagic varicella zoster in a steroid dependent asthmatic patient concurrently receiving methotrexate. The future management of patients on immunosuppressive steroid sparing drugs is discussed.

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Year:  1995        PMID： 8553283      PMCID： PMC475099          DOI： 10.1136/thx.50.11.1221

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Thorax        ISSN： 0040-6376            Impact factor:   9.139


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1.  Oka/Merck varicella vaccine in healthy children: final report of a 2-year efficacy study and 7-year follow-up studies.

Authors:  B J Kuter; R E Weibel; H A Guess; H Matthews; D H Morton; B J Neff; P J Provost; B A Watson; S E Starr; S A Plotkin
Journal:  Vaccine       Date:  1991-09       Impact factor: 3.641

2.  Fatal varicella in an adult: case report and review of the gastrointestinal complications of chickenpox.

Authors:  R A Sherman; J Silva; R Gandour-Edwards
Journal:  Rev Infect Dis       Date:  1991 May-Jun

Review 3.  Current status and prospects of live varicella vaccine.

Authors:  M Takahashi
Journal:  Vaccine       Date:  1992       Impact factor: 3.641

4.  Fatal varicella in a corticosteroid-dependent asthmatic receiving troleandomycin.

Authors:  R Lantner; J B Rockoff; J DeMasi; R Boran-Ragotzy; E Middleton
Journal:  Allergy Proc       Date:  1990 Mar-Apr

5.  Social epidemiology of chickenpox in two British national cohorts.

Authors:  J I Pollock; J Golding
Journal:  J Epidemiol Community Health       Date:  1993-08       Impact factor: 3.710
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1.  Hemorrhagic varicella in chronic liver disease.

Authors:  Chandra Madhur Sharma; Deepti Sharma; Ravi Prakash Agrawal
Journal:  J Glob Infect Dis       Date:  2014-01
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