Adult Chickenpox

Secondary syphilis with chickenpox in an adult.

When syphilis coexists with other infections, these are usually other venereal diseases, or at least sexuallytransmissible diseases. Of 2,610 patients treated for gonorrhoea at the Boston City Hospital from January, 1965, to December, 1967, 3 per cent. were found to be infected with syphilis (Fiumara and Austen, 1969). Some patients presenting with herpes progenitalis (Fiumara, 1970) later exhi...

Severe adult chickenpox infection requiring intensive care.

INTRODUCTION Chickenpox (varicella) in adults can be severe with increased mortality. This study investigated the clinical presentation and outcome of 12 adult chickenpox patients requiring intensive care. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective, observational study was performed in an adult medical intensive care unit of a university-affiliated hospital involving consecutive patients with vari...

Fatal case of chickenpox in an adult: a case report.

Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) is a double stranded DNA virus of a a-herpes virus family which also include herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2.1 VZV causes chicken pox (varicella) during primary infection, following which the virus establishes the latency in cells of the dorsal root ganglia. Reactivation of latent virus causes shingles (herpes zoster), a disease predominantly occurring in elderly ...

Optic Neuritis in an Adult Patient with Chickenpox

Central nervous system involvement in a patient with primary infection with Varicella zoster virus is rare, especially in the immunocompetent adult. In particular, isolated optic neuritis has been described in a small number of cases. The authors present a case of optic neuritis in an immunocompetent patient. A 28-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with a history of headaches during...

Chickenpox vaccination, not chickenpox, should be routine for Canadian children.