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We aimed to summarise our experience.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study was a retrospective analysis of the medical records of children, who were admitted to Hadassah\u2010Hebrew University Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel, during the period of 2008\u20102016. Data regarding baseline characteristics, treatment and outcome were extracted from patient's medical files.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We enrolled 74 patients (43% males) with a mean age of 8 (1\u201019) years. Most patients (72%) had no reported complications. Clinical outcome was favourable with 73 (99%) patients who had completely recovered and none died. Multivariable analysis identified the presence of fever (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.005 and 0.02; hazard ratio (HR) 7.72 and 17.61<jats:italic>,<\/jats:italic> for total and herpes zoster groups, respectively<jats:italic>)<\/jats:italic> and prolonged interval period from clinical presentation to treatment onset (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.021 and 0.025; HR 1.68 and 2.26<jats:italic>,<\/jats:italic> respectively), as associated with higher rates of complications.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our results found low complication rate of VZV\u2010associated infections in immunocompromised children admitted to a single centre. 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