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Rev Mex Pediatr 2004; 71 (4)

Chickenpox complications in hospitalized children, according to its immunological competence

Coria LJJ, Escalante SRAC, Rosales URE, Gómez BD, Juárez EM

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 178-181
PDF size: 50.72 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective. To know the frequency of chickenpox complications in immuno-competent and immuno-compromised hospitalized children. Material and methods. Seventy one hospital files of children with chickenpox were revised. All of them were treated in a five years period. They were divided in two groups, according to their immuno-competence, when they got the chickenpox. Results. There were 40 children that were healthy they got the disease and 31 with immunological implication; 22 (30.9%) children were hospitalized with the diagnosis of chickenpox complicated. In the group immuno-compromised children, 11 had some complication (15.5%). The main complication was dermatocellulitis. The lethality rate for the total children was of 2.8% and those immuno-compromised 6.4%. Conclusions. For children with chickenpox, the hospital is a propitiatory environment for complications, particularly in those children immuno-compromised.


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