A rare case of Waterhouse- Friderichsen syndrome during primary Varicella zoster infection
Heitz, A.F.N.; Hofstee, H.M.A.; Gelinck, L.B.S.; Puylaert, J.B.
Netherlands Journal of Medicine 75(8): 351-353
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-2977 PMID: 29219830 Document Number: 692330
Primary Varicella zoster virus infection in adults is associated with a higher risk of complications when compared with the benign disease course of primary infection during childhood. We present a rare complication of adult primary Varicella zoster in the form of acute, irreversible adrenal insufficiency due to bilateral adrenal haemorrhage, which is also known as the WaterhouseFriderichsensyndrome.