Complications and Death in Chicken-pox

Abstract

Chicken-pox is generally a trivial ailment, but we report here death in two patients—in one instance as a result of encephalitis and in the other as a result of haemorrhagic complications. The cases of two other patients with haemorrhagic chicken-pox who recovered are described. The literature on haemorrhagic chicken-pox is reviewed. We gratefully acknowledge the co-operation and help of Dr. C. R. Rizza, Department of Therapeutics, Maryfield Hospital, Dundee. © 1965, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.