Gangrene of digits after chicken-pox.

The Differential Diagnosis of Small-Pox and Chicken-Pox

Multiple digital gangrene arising from traditional therapy: a case report.

BACKGROUND Traditional medicine has being advocated as an alternative to Orthodox medicine in Nigeria despite, its reported adverse effects. OBJECTIVE To report an unusual complication of traditional therapy. METHODS A 20-year-old house-wife who was bitten by a crawling insect presented to a hospital with complaints of swollen body and pain in three digits. After clinical evaluation and inv...

Chicken pox infection in patients undergoing chemotherapy: A retrospective analysis from a tertiary care center in India.

There is paucity of data on the incidence, severity and management of chicken pox in patients receiving active chemotherapy for cancer. From October 2010 to October 2011, patients were included in this study if they developed a chicken pox infection during their chemotherapy. The details of patients' cancer diagnosis and treatment along with clinical and epidemiological data of the chicken pox ...

Simultaneous onset of herpes zoster in a father and son.

The Varicella Zoster virus persists in sensory nerve ganglion cells after chicken pox and gets reactivated to cause herpes zoster after variable periods of time as a result of waning of specific cellular immunity. Susceptible contacts of herpes zoster can develop chicken pox and very rarely herpes zoster. We report an interesting case of a father and his son who developed herpes zoster simultan...

Incidence of common infections of childhood.

All three sources are limited, the first as to scope of diseases, the second as to time, and the third as to age coverage and degree of completeness in reporting (especially during the war years, 1939-45, which have been ignored). Mortality is referred to where the figures are of interest. The diseases studied are dealt with in the following order: chicken-pox, diphtheria, german measles (rubel...