SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol.35, no.1, pp.74-76, 2003 (SCI-Expanded)
The case is reported of a 2-y-old boy who developed purpura fulminans, meningoencephalitis, pneumonia complicated by adult respiratory distress syndrome and acute renal failure after varicella. These complications of varicella are extremely rare in a healthy infant.