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PEDIATRICS

COMPLICATIONS

Chickenpox

■ Bacterial skin infections are most common complication.
■ Children who are immunocompromised are at higher risk for dissemi-
nated disease, potentially resulting in meningoencephalitis, pneumonia,
hepatitis.

FIGURE 5.12. Varicella.

(Reproduced, with permission, from Shah BR, Lucchesi M. Atlas of Pediatric Emergency
Medicine.New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006:119.)