VARICELLA FOLLOWED BY GLOMERULONEPHRITIS.
- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 64 (6), 886-890
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1975.tb03943.x
Abstract
The present report outlines the clinical features of a 2-year-old boy who following varicella developed purpura of the lower extremities, transient gastrointestinal bleeding and glomerulonephritis. The triad of symptoms suggests Schonlein-Henoch Syndrome, but coagulation studies and renal biopsy did not confirm this, and varicella is thought to be the cause of the complications. Therapy with corticosteroids and azathioprine had only a minor effect on the nephritis but caused depression of serum IgG and specific antibody resulting in reinfection or reactivation of varicella.Keywords
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