Varicella arthritis in a child Bir çocuk olguda su çiçeği artriti

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AYDIN TEKE T., Kaman A., Öz F. N., Durmuş S. Y., Tanır G.

Cocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi, cilt.14, sa.1, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5578/ced.68664
  • Dergi Adı: Cocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, CINAHL, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Arthritis, Children, Synovial fluid, Varicella, Varicella zoster virus
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Varicella is a highly contagious and usually self-limiting systemic infection characterized by generalized pruritic rash. The most frequent complications of varicella in normal hosts are bacterial superinfections and central nervous system complications. Arthritis has been rarely re-ported. An 8-year-old previously healthy boy is presented in this report. The patient had monoarthritis three days after varicella. Arthrocentesis was performed and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) polymerase chain reac-tion of the synovial fluid yielded VZV. After treatment with intravenous acyclovir, his arthritis recovered. He has been on follow up without any sequela.