Varicella-associated Pseudofasciitis: A Postviral Hyperinflammatory Soft Tissue Reaction Mimicking Necrotizing Fasciitis in Children
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2. Zerr DM, Alexander ER, Duchin JS, Koutsky LA, Rubens CE. A case-control study of necrotizing fasciitis during primary varicella. Pediatrics. 1999;103(4 Pt 1):783-90.
3. Choo PW, Donahue JG, Platt R. Ibuprofen and skin and soft tissue superinfections in children with varicella. Ann Epidemiol. 1997;7(7):440-5.
4. Schröder A, Gerin A, Firth GB, Hoffmann KS, Grieve A, Oetzmann von Sochaczewski C. A systematic review of necrotising fasciitis in children from its first description in 1930 to 2018. BMC Infect Dis. 2019;19(1):317.
5. Nie J, Zhou L, Tian W, Liu X, Yang L, Yang X, Zhang Y, Wei S, Wang DW, Wei J. Deep insight into cytokine storm: from pathogenesis to treatment. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2025;10(1):112.
6. Fahey E, Doyle SL. IL-1 family cytokine regulation of vascular permeability and angiogenesis. Front Immunol. 2019;10:1426.
7. Graciano-Machuca O, Villegas-Rivera G, López-Pérez I, Macías-Barragán J, Sifuentes-Franco S. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) following SARS-CoV-2 infection: role of oxidative stress. Front Immunol. 2021;12:723654.
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Khodabandeh M. Varicella-associated Pseudofasciitis: A Postviral Hyperinflammatory Soft Tissue Reaction Mimicking Necrotizing Fasciitis in Children. Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2026;:1-3.

