Herpes zoster in children with cancer
Menon, B.S.; Wan Maziah, W.M.
Malaysian Journal of Pathology 23(1): 47-48
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0126-8635 PMID: 16329548 Document Number: 529159
The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and outcome of herpes zoster hospitalised children with cancer in Kota Baru. It was a retrospective review from January 1994 to December 1998. The diagnosis of herpes zoster was a clinical one. Herpes zoster was diagnosed in 10 of 188 (5%) children with malignancy. The most common malignancy was leukaemia. Nine children were treated with acyclovir. No child developed visceral dissemination and there were no deaths.