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  • Title: [Varicella pneumonia in a healthy adult. Review of risk factors and treatment].
    Author: Fernández Vázquez E, Soudan A, Espejo Guerrero A, González Vargas F, Cabrera Torres L.
    Journal: An Med Interna; 1994 Apr; 11(4):187-8. PubMed ID: 8043740.
    Abstract:
    We present the case of a healthy adult patient without underlying risk factors, who developed bilateral pneumonia and respiratory failure during an outbreak in his family of infection by the Varicella-Zoster virus. IV. acyclovir treatment was begun with good clinical and radiological response and improvement in blood-oxygen levels. We review below risk factors and patients susceptible to treatment with acyclovir.
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