Herpes simplex virus type-1 pneumonitis in immunocompetent young woman
| Autor: | Cesar V. Reyes, John R. Bolden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine viruses Acyclovir Herpesvirus 1 Human Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease_cause Antiviral Agents Viral infection Young Adult Latent Virus Bronchoscopy medicine Humans Young adult Pneumonitis Herpes Labialis business.industry Sputum Herpes Simplex Pneumonia medicine.disease Virology Herpes simplex virus Immunology Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Retrograde extension |
| Zdroj: | Heart & Lung. 38:526-529 |
| ISSN: | 0147-9563 |
| Popis: | A healthy young woman presented with an overwhelming hyperacute herpes simplex virus-1 pneumonia that dramatically responded to intravenous acyclovir. It is postulated that the infection was a reactivation of latent virus in the vagal ganglia, in the absence of retrograde extension of herpes labialis/gingivostomatitis, or hematogenous spread from extragenital and other sources of infection. It is also postulated that the patient's amazing improvement overnight was a real-time coincidence of spontaneous recovery from the viral infection and prompt initiation of acyclovir treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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