Chickenpox-associated fulminant hepatitis that led to liver transplantation in a 63-year-old woman.
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.
Roque-Afonso
Anne-Marie
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INSERM U785, Villejuif, France. anne-marie.roque@pbr.aphp.fr
Bralet
Marie-Pierre
MP
Ichai
Philippe
P
Desbois
Delphine
D
Vaghefi
Parissa
P
Castaing
Denis
D
Samuel
Didier
D
Dussaix
Elisabeth
E