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Case Reports
. 1995 Nov;50(11):1221-2.
doi: 10.1136/thx.50.11.1221.

Fatal varicella zoster infection in a severe steroid dependent asthmatic patient receiving methotrexate

A H Morice  1 , W K Lai
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Case Reports

Fatal varicella zoster infection in a severe steroid dependent asthmatic patient receiving methotrexate

A H Morice et al. Thorax. 1995 Nov.

Abstract

A case is described of fatal haemorrhagic varicella zoster in a steroid dependent asthmatic patient concurrently receiving methotrexate. The future management of patients on immunosuppressive steroid sparing drugs is discussed.

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