title: Chronic varicella-zoster skin infection complicating the congenital varicella syndrome.
abstract: Congenital varicella is a rare syndrome arising when a pregnant woman develops varicella before the 24th week of pregnancy. We report an occurrence of congenital varicella syndrome complicated by a chronic varicella zoster virus skin infection in an immunocompetent infant. The chronic verrucous skin infection is puzzling in our patient, as this disease is usually described in immunosuppressed patients.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dermatology Unit National Reference Center for Rare Skin Disorders, Pellegrin Children's Hospital, Bordeaux Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boussault
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boralevi
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Labbe
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sarlangue
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taïeb
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leaute-Labreze
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome