Post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent varicella in immunocompromised children

• Váldodahkkit: Makoto Yamaguchi (Dahkki), Nobuyuki Tetsuka (Dahkki), Toshihiko Okumura (Dahkki), Kazunori Haruta (Dahkki), Takako Suzuki (Dahkki), Yuka Torii (Dahkki), Jun-ichi Kawada (Dahkki), Yoshinori Ito (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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Summary: Background: Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection can cause life-threatening events in immunocompromised patients. Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is required to prevent secondary VZV infection. Limited evidence is available for the use of acyclovir (ACV)/valacyclovir (VCV) as PEP. Methods...