title: Varicella associated intracerebral hemorrhage in the absence of thrombocytopenia.
abstract: A young woman with varicella complicated by streptococcal cellulitis developed an intracerebral bleed in the absence of thrombocytopenia, serious coagulopathy, or a detectable vascular lesion. We postulate that during the acute infection with varicella, a cerebral endothelial lesion was produced which later caused the intracerebral bleed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fikrig
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Barg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000150:complications; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications