Varicella-zoster virus pneumonia in an adult population: Has mortality decreased?

Autor:	José Blanquer, M. Carmen Aguar, Ada Luz Andreu, Rafael Blanquer, Isabel Betlloch, Estrella Fernández-Fabrellas, Francisco Sanz, Eusebi Chiner, Marisa Briones, Irene Ballester
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Adult Male Microbiology (medical) Herpesvirus 3 Human medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Pneumonia Viral Anti-Inflammatory Agents Acyclovir medicine.disease_cause Antiviral Agents Herpes Zoster law.invention Young Adult Pregnancy law Internal medicine Prevalence medicine Humans Risk factor Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Mechanical ventilation General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry Respiratory disease Bacterial pneumonia Varicella zoster virus Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Intensive care unit Anti-Bacterial Agents Surgery Pneumonia Treatment Outcome Infectious Diseases Female Steroids business
Zdroj:	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 42:215-221
ISSN:	1651-1980 0036-5548
DOI:	10.3109/00365540903428166
Popis:	Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) pneumonia is one of the most serious complications of this infection in adults. The objective of this study was to analyze the epidemiological and clinical characteristics in a large sample of patients with VZV pneumonia. This was a 10-y retrospective, descriptive, observational study. We studied 46 patients with VZV pneumonia, 21 men and 25 women, with a mean age 36 +/-11 y. A contact with an index case was observed in 57%, 76 were active smokers, 6.5% consumed drugs and 2 women were pregnant. The symptoms were: fever (83%), cough (83%), dyspnoea (63%), pleuritic pain (70%), and haemoptysis (6%) and started 3-5 days after the onset of blisters, except in 11% in whom respiratory symptoms appeared first. Arterial blood gases showed a mean PO(2)/FiO(2) of 308 +/-101 and 30 patients had a PO(2) of
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