Abstract:Sepsis accounts for approximately 10% of all maternal deaths and in pregnancy, as a result of cell-mediated immunity is altered and prone for infection. Varicella zoster virus (VZV) commonly causes chickenpox in children and herpes zoster in adults. In this case, viral sepsis probably due to VZV has caused a death of an apparently immune-competent young mother. A 19-year-old unmarried sex worker with Grave's disease presented in her second trimester with ankle oedema and shortness of breath. She was hypertensi… Show more
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