[Generalized varicella and herpes].

Generalized varicella was recognized as the cause of death in three children previously treated with corticoids, whereas generalized herpes simplex was the cause of death in one immature neonate. In all the cases the findings in internal organs were similar. They included disseminated necroses and mucous ulcers with a leucohistiocytic inflammatory reaction, karyorrhectic disintegration of nuclei and the presence of intranuclear inclusions of the Cowdry A type.