%0 Journal Article
%T Chickenpox in Immunocompromised Patients about 3 Case Reports
%A Najlae Nassiri
%A Hajar Boudarbala
%A Ayyad Ghanam
%A Aziza El Ouali
%A Abdeladim Babakhouya
%A Maria Rkain
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 10
%N 1
%P 1-5
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2023
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1109663
%X Chickenpox is a common infectious disease in childhood, usually benign. It can be severe in immunocompromised patients and eventually fatal with mul-ti-visceral involvement. The complications affect 4% - 8% of cases and are dominated by bacterial superinfections, related mainly to staphylococcus and streptococcus. We report 3 cases of chickenpox in patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. All the patients consulted for a febrile eruption made of multiple cutaneous lesions of different ages with umbilical vesicles which could retain the diagnosis of varicella. Our patients received in intrave-nous antiviral treatment for 10 days associated with antibiotic therapy (ceftri-axone and amikacin). The evolution was marked by a clinical-biological im-provement, with only one death related to a delay of consultation. Our study agrees with the data in the literature concerning the frequency of occurrence of complications and death in immunocompromised patients.
%K Chickenpox
%K Immunocompromised
%K Aciclovir
%K Child
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6787500