Affiliation:
1. Division of Internal Medicine Hamad General Hospital Doha Qatar
2. Qatar Armed Forces Medical Unit and Hamad General Hospital Doha Qatar
3. Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Abstract
SUMMARYVaricella infection is a common childhood disease that usually resolves without complications. However, children under 2 months of age, adolescents, some adults and immunocompromised individuals are at high risk of certain rare life‐threatening complications. We report a case of primary varicella infection in an immunocompetent adult complicated by rhabdomyolysis. Recognition of this complication and aggressive fluid therapy with an antiviral agent helped to improve the outcome.
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