Persistent multiple pulmonary nodules in a nonimmunocompromised woman after varicella-related myelitis treated with acyclovir.
Persistent multiple pulmonary nodules were observed on the chest X ray of a nonimmunocompromised woman 6 months after she was treated with acyclovir for a varicella-related myelitis without respiratory symptoms. Early antiviral therapy given for varicella infections might decrease the intensity of clinical symptoms without actually preventing the occurrence of varicella-zoster virus-related lesions such as the persistent pulmonary nodules reported here.
Schvoerer
Evelyne
E
Institut de Virologie de la Faculté de Médecine et Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France. Evelyne.Schvoerer@viro-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
Frechin
Valéry
V
Warter
André
A
Gasser
Bernard
B
Jouin
Hervé
H
Gut
Jean-Pierre
JP
Stoll-Keller
Françoise
F
D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009187:Myelitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D003074:Solitary Pulmonary Nodule / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology*
D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000212:Acyclovir