Varicella‐zoster infection in pediatric solid‐organ transplant recipients:A hospital‐based study in the prevaricella vaccine era
Varicella‐zoster infection in pediatric solid‐organ transplant recipients:A hospital‐based study in the prevaricella vaccine era
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儿童实体器官移植受者的水痘带状疱疹感染:水痘疫苗时代的一项基于医院的研究
作者:
A. Pandya;S. Wasfy;D. Hébert;U. Allen
Abstract: We reviewed 58 cases of varicella‐zoster infection that occurred between 1988 and 1998 in 47 pediatric solid‐organ transplant recipients. The median age of patients at the time of admission with varicella‐zoster infection was 8.0 yr (range 1–17 yr). The median interval between transplantation (Tx) and varicella‐zoster virus (VZV) infection was 1.6 yr (range 0.06–9.3 yr). Varicella infection occurred at a rate of one case for every seven transplant recipients. Among the 58 cases of VZV infection, 53% were varicella while 47% were herpes‐zoster. Varicella infection occurred despite treatment with varicella‐zoster immune globulin (VZIG) in 17 of 31 cases of varicella infection. However, the disease was generally mild with severe disease occurring in only two patients. One patient (1.7%) died as a result of bacterial sepsis. There was no significant relationship between VZV infection and specific immune suppressants. Episodes of rejection were more likely to be temporally associated with the occurence of herpes zoster than with varicella infection (p = 0.02). The data generated provide useful background information in our population in the prevaricella vaccine era.
DOI:
10.1056/nejm198904063201403
发表时间:
1989
期刊:
The New England journal of medicine
影响因子:
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作者:
Gershon,AA;Steinberg,SP
通讯作者:
Steinberg,SP
影响因子:
8
作者:
Gershon,AA;Steinberg,SP;Gelb,L
通讯作者:
Gelb,L
影响因子:
6.4
作者:
BREINIG, MK;ZITELLI, B;HO, M
通讯作者:
HO, M