title: Persistent multiple pulmonary nodules in a nonimmunocompromised woman after varicella-related myelitis treated with acyclovir.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Virologie de la Faculté de Médecine et Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France. Evelyne.Schvoerer@viro-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schvoerer
authors.forename: Valéry
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Frechin
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Warter
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gasser
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jouin
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gut
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stoll-Keller
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000212:Acyclovir