title: Chickenpox-associated fulminant hepatitis that led to liver transplantation in a 63-year-old woman.
abstract: A 63-year-old woman treated with prednisone for sinusitis developed fulminant liver failure due to a clinically unsuspected primary varicella zoster virus infection. The diagnosis of herpetic hepatitis was made from a liver biopsy, and varicella zoster virus viremia was detected by polymerase chain reaction. She was treated successfully with transplantation and perioperative administration of acyclovir.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U785, Villejuif, France. anne-marie.roque@pbr.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Roque-Afonso
authors.forename: Marie-Pierre
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Bralet
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ichai
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Desbois
authors.forename: Parissa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vaghefi
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castaing
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dussaix