title: Varicella arthritis in childhood: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Nonbacterial arthritis is a rare but well-recognized complication of acute varicella in children. Reported cases usually described monoarthritis of the knee that occurs at the onset of the rash or shortly after. Herein, we describe a case of arthritis of the hip that occurred in a 4-year-old girl 6 days before the onset of rash. The presence of varicella-zoster virus DNA in synovial fluid was confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. A review of the literature reported 26 previous cases of aseptic arthritis due to varicella infection among children.
authors.affiliation: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Nancy, Nancy, France. sibyllebevi@free.fr
authors.forename: Sibylle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bevilacqua
authors.forename: Jean-Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Poircuitte
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lascombes
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Venard
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005076:Exanthema / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000502:physiology*; D006615:Hip / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral