Acyclovir resistant varicella zoster and HIV infection.
- 1 February 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 70 (2) , 133-135
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.70.2.133
Abstract
A child infected with HIV who developed chronic varicella zoster virus infection resistant to acyclovir is presented. The clinical course of the infection, treatment, virological investigations, and relationship of the infection to the child's immunodeficient state are discussed.Keywords
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