title: [Results of acyclovir treatment of chickenpox and herpes zoster in children with immune tolerance].
abstract: Acyclovir was used for the treatment of Varicella-zoster virus infections in 53 children (10 neonates and 43 children aged between 2 an 15 years) with immunological system deficiency hospitalized at the Department of the Infectious Diseases of Childhood in the Medical Academy in Warszawa. The obtained results of therapy were favourable except one fatal case of the child with visceral dissemination of the virus prior to acyclovir treatment. Compared with other antiviral agents used by the authors previously, acyclovir proved to be the most effective.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jankowska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szczepańska-Putz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wojnarowski
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000293:Adolescent; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000212:Acyclovir
vernacular_title: Wyniki leczenia acyklowirem ospy wietrznej i półpaśca u dzieci ze zmniejszona odpornościa immunologiczna.