Acyclovir Resistant Varicella Zoster and HIV Infection

Overview

Journal Arch Dis Child

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 1994 Feb 1

PMID 8129436

Citations 10

Authors

E G Lyall

M M Ogilvie

N M Smith

S Burns

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Abstract

A child infected with HIV who developed chronic varicella zoster virus infection resistant to acyclovir is presented. The clinical course of the infection, treatment, virological investigations, and relationship of the infection to the child's immunodeficient state are discussed.

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