Steroid varicella citations
Chickenpox deaths  Drug adverse reactions citations

Abzug MJ, Cotton MF. Severe chickenpox after intranasal use of corticosteroids.J Pediatr. 1993 Oct;123(4):577-9.PMID: 8410510; UI: 94015690
Boner AL, Piacentini GL. Inhaled corticosteroids in children. Is there a 'safe' dosage?Drug Saf. 1993 Jul;9(1):9-20. Review.PMID: 8347293; UI: 93349439
Choong K, Zwaigenbaum L, Onyett H. Severe varicella after low dose inhaled corticosteroids.Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995 Sep;14(9):809-11. No abstract available.PMID: 8559635; UI: 96079362

Dowell SF, Bresee JS. Severe varicella associated with steroid use. Pediatrics. 1993 Aug;92(2):223-8.PMID: 8337020; UI: 93330654

Gatnash AA, Connolly CK. Fatal chickenpox pneumonia in an asthmatic patient on oral steroids and methotrexate.Thorax. 1995 Apr;50(4):422-3.PMID: 7785019; UI: 95304500
Kohl S.Risks of chickenpox in asthmatic children receiving inhalation steroids and therapeutic recommendations.Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1993 Feb;12(2):174-5. No abstract available.PMID: 8426788; UI: 93149764

Kasper WJ, Howe PM.Fatal varicella after a single course of corticosteroids.Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1990 Oct;9(10):729-32. No abstract available.PMID: 2235146; UI: 91044642

Lantner R, Rockoff JB, DeMasi J, Boran-Ragotzy R, Middleton E Jr.Fatal varicella in a corticosteroid-dependent asthmatic receiving troleandomycin.Allergy Proc. 1990 Mar-Apr;11(2):83-7.PMID: 2338242; UI: 90249721

Lake KB, Browne PM, Van Dyke JJ, Ayers L.Fatal disseminated aspergillosis in an asthmatic patient treated with corticosteroids.Chest. 1983 Jan;83(1):138-9. No abstract available.PMID: 6848318; UI: 83078373
Morice AH, Lai WK.Fatal varicella zoster infection in a severe steroid dependent asthmatic patient receiving methotrexate.Thorax. 1995 Nov;50(11):1221-2.PMID: 8553283; UI: 96149331
Nishioka SA.Corticosteroids and risk of complicated varicella.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1996 Dec;150(12):1314. No abstract available.PMID: 8954009; UI: 97112320
Silk HJ, Guay-Woodford L, Perez-Atayde AR, Geha RS, Broff MD.Fatal varicella in steroid-dependent asthma.J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1988 Jan;81(1):47-51.PMID: 3339190; UI: 88116368
Sy ML, Chin TW, Nussbaum E.Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia associated with inhaled corticosteroids in an immunocompetent child with asthma.J Pediatr. 1995 Dec;127(6):1000-2. No abstract available.PMID: 8523172; UI: 96101729
Wolfromm R, Herman D.Fatal varicella in a corticosteroid-dependent asthmatic receiving troleandomycin.Allergy Proc. 1990 Mar-Apr;11(2):83-7.PMID: 2338242; UI: 90249721

No authors listed]Varicella-related deaths among adults--United States, 1997.MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1997 May 16;46(19):409-12.PMID: 9162840; UI: 97299946http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00047618.htm