[Nosocomial chickenpox (varicella) in health care staff at an infectious diseases unit].
OBJECTIVE
To report cases of nosocomial chickenpox in medical staff at an infectious diseases unit in Abidjan.


METHODS
Four medical students, aged 24, 25, 27 and 30 years, all in contact with an index case at the infectious diseases unit and with one another, developed chickenpox. All had risk factors for chickenpox: no vaccination and no previous contact with the varicella zoster virus. The diagnosis was essentially clinical, and treatment was symptomatic and successful in all cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Nosocomial chickenpox in non-immunocompromised adults illustrates the problems of lack of vaccination and poor hospital hygiene in resource-limited settings.
Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, CHU de Treichville, Abidjan, Côte-d'Ivoire. aristotanon@yahoo.ne
Aristophane Koffi
AK
Tanon
Mamadou
M
Kaloga
Eboi
E
Ehui
Chrysostome
C
Mossou
Gisèle
G
Kouakou
Ismaèl
I
Ouattara
Serge Paul
SP
Eholie
Emmanuel
E
Bissagnene
D000328:Adult; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000635:transmission; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult