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• TITLE: Chickenpox in Immunocompromised Patients about 3 Case Reports

  AUTHORS: Najlae Nassiri, Hajar Boudarbala, Ayyad Ghanam, Aziza El Ouali, Abdeladim Babakhouya, Maria Rkain

  KEYWORDS: Chickenpox, Immunocompromised, Aciclovir, Child

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.10 No.1, January 19, 2023

  ABSTRACT: Chickenpox is a common infectious disease in childhood, usually benign. It can be severe in immunocompromised patients and eventually fatal with mul-ti-visceral involvement. The complications affect 4% - 8% of cases and are dominated by bacterial superinfections, related mainly to staphylococcus and streptococcus. We report 3 cases of chickenpox in patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. All the patients consulted for a febrile eruption made of multiple cutaneous lesions of different ages with umbilical vesicles which could retain the diagnosis of varicella. Our patients received in intrave-nous antiviral treatment for 10 days associated with antibiotic therapy (ceftri-axone and amikacin). The evolution was marked by a clinical-biological im-provement, with only one death related to a delay of consultation. Our study agrees with the data in the literature concerning the frequency of occurrence of complications and death in immunocompromised patients.