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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 265-268Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31815cb239
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varicella zoster virus infection; immunocompromised host; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; syndrome of inappropriate diuretic hormone; abdominal pain
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- Intramural NIH HHS Funding Source: Medline
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A hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient developed abdominal pain, pneumatosis intestinalis, hepatitis, pancreatitis, and inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion. Blood for varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA polymerase chain reaction was positive. She was treated with acyclovir and subsequently developed VZV antigen-positive zoster. Detection of VZV DNA in blood may be useful for early diagnosis in immunocompromised hosts who present with zoster without skin lesions.
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