title: [Varicella-zoster virus infection in a child complicated with bacterial pneumonia].
abstract: This case report describes how a three-year-old girl referred to our paediatric ward, infected with varicella-zoster virus and a bacterial pneumonia causing atelectasis. The girl did not respond to initial treatment with intravenous antibiotics. Only after a lung drain was inserted she gradually recovered. We briefly describe the incidence of bacterial pneumonia as a complication to varicella-zoster virus and raise the question whether to vaccinate against varicella-zoster virus.
authors.affiliation: Børneafdelingen, Holbæk Sygehus, Smedelundsgade 40, 4400 Holbæk. benjaminowolthers@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Benjamin Ole
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Wolthers
authors.forename: Ebbe
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thiested
authors.forename: Anette F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Gyhrs
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification