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Report #2841846

Received May 20, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
1 yrs
State
PA
Recovered
Recovered
Vaccinated
Feb 20, 2025
Onset
Mar 13, 2025
Days to onset
21
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARCELVARICELLA (VARIVAX)MERCK & CO. INC.11973325SC / LL

Symptoms (4)

Disseminated varicellaSkin lesionVaricella virus test positiveVaricella zoster viraemia

Symptom narrative

Disseminated varicella - multiple cutaneous lesions and varicella viremia. Confirmed to be vaccine strain via PCR.

Medical history

Chronic ventilator dependence, respiratory failure, prior lobectomy, bowel resection with ileostomy, central lymphatic disease, steroid dependence/iatrogenic adrenal insufficiency, ventriculomegaly, prematurity (27 weeks)

Other medications

hydrocortisone, diurnal, bumex, multiple sedative infusions

Allergies

No

Lab data

VZV serum PCR (3/15) , VZV PCR of lesions (3/13).