Varicella pneumonia
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 148 (7) , 1630-1632
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.148.7.1630
Abstract
Six normal adults with varicella pneumonia wre treated successfully with acyclovir sodium. All patients showed resolution of roentgenographic and arterial blood gas abnormalities. In addition, five of the six patients demonstrated thrombocytopenia that resolved with therapy. Intravenous acyclovir therapy should be instituted as early as possible in patients who may have varicella pneumonia.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Oral acyclovir in acute herpes zoster.BMJ, 1986
- Mechanisms of thrombocytopenia in varicellaAmerican Journal of Hematology, 1979