Life threatening complications of chicken pox in a young adult

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Abstract

Chicken pox is a self-limiting, infectious disease caused by Varicella-zoster virus (VZV). In adults though rare, severe form of disease may cause complications like hepatitis, pneumonia, encephalitis. We present here a case of young male with life threatening complications of chicken pox who survived due to prompt & timely management.

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Chowdhury, M. K., Siddique, A. A., Haque, M. M., Ali, S., Biswas, S., Biswas, P. K., & Ahasan, H. A. M. N. (2014). Life threatening complications of chicken pox in a young adult. Journal of Medicine (Bangladesh), 15(1), 55–57. https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v15i1.19873

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