Treatment of varicella-zoster pneumonia with transfer factor.
A 29-year-old woman with a long history of immunoreactive disease--thrombocytopenic purpura, bullous pemphigoid, nephropathy, and hemolytic anemia--contracted generalized herpes zoster and varicella pneumonia. Respiratory failure requiring assisted respiration accompanied progressive chest findings. She recovered rapidly simultaneous with the administration of transfer factor from a healing herpes zoster patient. We believe that this therapy should be attempted in similar desperate circumstances.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000628:therapy*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human; D006801:Humans; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014165:Transfer Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014165:Transfer Factor