title: [Bronchial involvement in an immunocompetent adult with varicella pneumonia].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pneumonitis caused by varicella infection is a serious and potentially life-threatening complication of the disease when it occurs in adults. The incidence of this complication has increased in the last 10 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a non-immunocompromised patient admitted to hospital because of varicella pneumonia not requiring intensive care. Bronchoscopy revealed vesicular lesions on the bronchial mucosa. The patient made a full recovery with anti-viral therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vesicular lesions can be observed on the bronchial mucosa of adult patients with varicella zoster infection.
authors.affiliation: AP-HP, Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richaud
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Agbessi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boru
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elkharrat
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chinet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications*