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Human ; Leukemia/complications* ; Skin Diseases/etiology* ; Skin Diseases, Infectious/etiology

Highly transient population, multiple sexual partners and high prevalence of unprotected sex behaviors suggest a potential rapid spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in China. However, there are some 200 non-sexually transmitted diseases involving the genitalia, etiologically falling into 23 types. To avoid unnecessary medical disputes, enough attention should be paid to the differential diagnosis of non-sexually transmitted diseases in the genitalia.
Female ; Genital Diseases, Female ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Genital Diseases, Male ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Genital Neoplasms, Male ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Male ; Skin Diseases, Infectious ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Skin Neoplasms ; diagnosis

OBJECTIVETo understand clinical features of in-patients with varicella and complications in our hospital during 1980-1999.

METHODSAge distribution, season characteristics, complication, occurrence of hospitalized varicella patients in 1980-1999 were analyzed.

RESULTSVaricella mainly occurred in pre-school and school children, most cases were seen in winter and spring. There were 240 hospitalized varicella patients, 160 of whom had complications, 126 patients scattered in 1994-1996 (78.75%). The most often seen complication was skin infection which occurred in 71 patients (44.38%); the second was encephalitis, which occurred in 29 patients (18.12%).

CONCLUSIONSThe occurrence of varicella increased and the disease seemed to be more serious.

Adolescent ; Age Distribution ; Chickenpox ; complications ; epidemiology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; China ; epidemiology ; Encephalitis ; etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Skin Diseases, Infectious ; etiology