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- 2018
Acute Kidney Failure as a Single Complication of Varicella Virus Infection in an Adult PatientDOI: 10.1159/000491627 Keywords: Varicella zoster virus, Acute kidney failure, Acyclovir Abstract: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is distributed worldwide and is highly contagious. In adults and immunosuppressed patients of any age, the clinical course is much more severe. The most severe complications are pneumonia (the main cause of lethal outcomes in this infection), encephalitis, and very rarely Reye syndrome and hepatitis
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