[Cytosine arabinoside in the treatment of varicella in lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphosarcoma (author's transl)].
Nine children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia or lymphosarcoma adquired varicella and were treated with cytosine arabinoside. There was a progression of the varicellous lesions which in some cases became hemorrhagic. In four occasions disease became disseminated. Two children died. The hematologic toxicity was tolerable.
D001835:Body Weight; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy*
D003561:Cytarabine
Arabinósido de citosina en el tratamiento de la varicela de los niños con leucemia y linfomas