An outbreak of chickenpox in adult renal transplant recipients |
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Authors: | Shahbazian Heshmatollah Ehsanpour Ali |
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Affiliation: | Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Ahwaz Jondi Shapour Medical University, Ahwaz, Iran. shahbazian_he@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: | Infection with the varicella-zoster virus, the etiologic agent of chickenpox and herpes zoster, is more serious in immunosuppressed renal transplant recipients than it is in the general population. Chickenpox is a rare infection in adult renal transplant recipients; however, it is significant owing to the severity of its clinical features and its associated high mortality rate. To date, there are no reported outbreaks of primary varicella-zoster virus infection in adult renal transplant recipients. Here, we report 3 patients with chickenpox who presented to our center between May 2006 and June 2006. |
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