title: [Varicella pneumonia requiring invasive mechanical ventilation].
abstract: We aimed to report a case of varicella pneumonia that resulted in respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. The patient was a 40-year-old man whose rashes started after his childeren developed varicella and who had a high fever, sputum and sputum with blood, cough, cold and shiver four days before admission. A treatment was commenced by an antiviral acyclovir and ampiric ampicillin-sulbactam therapy. Although a supporting oxygen treatment, the patient whose oxygen saturation did not increase and respiratory rate was high was commenced by an invasive mechanical ventilation because of a respiratory failure. The patient that had a recovery in clinical symptoms after 36 hours was extubated and was discharged from hospital by the following week.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Özbay
authors.forename: Bünyamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sertoğullarından
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000212:Acyclovir