Sepsis is a rare complication following chickenpox in healthy children. Gangrene at
different sites even in the absence of disseminated intravascular coagulation can
result in high morbidity and mortality. Coagulase negative staphylococcus can rarely
complicate in systemic sepsis and is probably a predictor of bad prognosis. Secondary
skin infection following rupture of bullae requires prompt antibiotic therapy covering
Streptococcus and Staphylococcus.
Keywords
Varicella - gangrene - sepsis - coagulase negative staphylococcus
