Varicella gangrenosa with probable staphylococcal sepsis

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Biswal, Niranjan | Kavirayani, Akhila Murthy | Parameswaran, Narayanan

Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India

Note: [] Correspondence: Niranjan Biswal, MD, Department of Pediatrics, JIPMER, Pondicherry-605006, India. Tel.: +91 413 2273139; Fax: +91 413 2272067; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Sepsis is a rare complication following chickenpox in healthy children. Gangrene at different sites even in the absence of disseminated intravascular coagulation can result in high morbidity and mortality. Coagulase negative staphylococcus can rarely complicate in systemic sepsis and is probably a predictor of bad prognosis. Secondary skin infection following rupture of bullae requires prompt antibiotic therapy covering Streptococcus and Staphylococcus.

Keywords: Varicella, gangrene, sepsis, coagulase negative staphylococcus

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 119-121, 2006