Posted On :
10 Jan 2007
A 20 month old girl brought to emergency room with acute onset of generalized weakness followed by sudden decreased level of consciousness and apnea and after CPR she was sent to PICU in another hospital 2-3 hours later. She has received conservative treatment during last 5 days for chickenpox with one dose of intramuscular betamethasone, oral hydroxyzin, acetaminophen, amoxicillin. After admission in PICU she developed gastrointestinal bleeding and gross hematuria. On lab tests she had prolonged PT and PTT, normal liver enzymes, gradual increase in BUN and Creatinine, gradually decrease in platelet count and hemoglobin. Lumbar puncture was done on 1st and 10th day of admission. The 1st one had 30 fresh RBC with normal protein and sugar and second one had normal glucose, increased protein {76}, 5 Lymphocytes, Xanthochromic. I wanted to know if such complications are reported with varicella zoster virus and if not what can be the diagnosis. THANKS A LOT
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