Acyclovir resistant varicella zoster and HIV infection.
A child infected with HIV who developed chronic varicella zoster virus infection resistant to acyclovir is presented. The clinical course of the infection, treatment, virological investigations, and relationship of the infection to the child's immunodeficient state are discussed.
Lyall
E G
EG
Department of Haematology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh.
Ogilvie
M M
MM
Smith
N M
NM
Burns
S
S
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000212:Acyclovir / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
D000212:Acyclovir