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John K. Hurley, MD; Toni Greenslade; Peter R. Lewy, MD; Yahya Ahmadian, MD; Casimir Firlit, MD, PhD

Arch Surg. 1980;115(6):751-752.

Abstract
• Varicella-zoster infections developed in ten of 76 children receiving a renal transplant during 1973 to 1978. Two children had varicella and one died during this infection. Eight children had herpes zoster and one experienced encephalitis. In the latter group, reduction of prednisone and azathioprine therapy resulted in rejection and loss of the graft in two of three patients in whom this drug therapy was altered.

(Arch Surg 115:751-752, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Drs Hurley, Lewy, and Ahmadian) and Urology (Ms Greenslade and Dr Firlit), Northwestern University; and the Divisions of Nephrology (Drs Hurley, Lewy, and Ahmadian) and Urology (Ms Greenslade and Dr Firlit), Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 27, 1979.

Dr Hurley is now with the Georgetown University Community Health Plan, Gaithersburg, Md.

Reprints not available.

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