A case report of neonatal chicken pox

Abstract

Chicken pox is a viral disease occurring with Varicella zoster, from herpes virus’s family, which presents with papulovesicular lesions on mucocutaneous surface. These lesions first appear on trunk and face and then could be spread to whole body. Size of lesions is about 5-10 mm with erythematos background. Rupture of the vesicles is a predisposing factor for secondary bacterial infection. Signs and symptoms of disease are fever, abdominal discomfort, and malaise and skin eruptions. Period of symptoms is 7-10 days with a fever about 38.3 – 39.4. It’s a very contagious disease and has specific vaccination and immunoglobulin. Chicken pox without secondary bacterial infection does not need to antibiotic. Here is case of neonatal chicken pox. 18 days old boy with fever and cough and skin lesions referred to Ali Asghar hospital. Skin lesions were papulovesicular with erythematous background and were appeared since 5 days before admission. Patient had fever 2 days before eruptions and poor feeding after them. At the same time he had cough and progressive respiratory distress .His mother had a history of fever and eruptions in last week of pregnancy. Patient did not respond to all supportive and medical treatments and died in sixth days of admission.