Varicella Pneumonia: Case Report

Case Reports1 September 1956VARICELLA PNEUMONIA: CASE REPORTRAY G. COWLEY, WILLIAM E. CREW, GERARD R. HASSETTRAY G. COWLEYSearch for more papers by this author, WILLIAM E. CREWSearch for more papers by this author, GERARD R. HASSETTSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-3-518 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOne of the rare and serious complications of varicella is diffuse involvement of the pulmonary parenchyma by the varicella virus. Fifteen cases developing this complication have been reported in the American literature to date.1-12 It is the purpose of this article to present another case of "primary varicella pneumonia" occurring in an adult.CASE REPORTA 33 year old Hawaiian male was admitted to a U. S. Army Hospital on November 22, 1954. Approximately five weeks prior to admission his six year old son had developed typical varicella, having been exposed in school during a minor varicella epidemic. Two weeks...Bibliography1. WaringNeubergerGeever JJKEF: Severe forms of chickenpox in adults, with autopsy observations in a case with associated pneumonia and encephalitis, Arch. Int. Med. 69: 384, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. RauschGrableMusser LETJJH: Atypical pneumonia complicating severe varicella in an adult, New Orleans M. and S. J. 96: 271, 1943. Google Scholar3. Claudy WD: Pneumonia associated with varicella: review of the literature and report of a fatal case with autopsy, Arch. Int. Med. 80: 185, 1947. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. GraysonBradley CEEJ: Disseminated chickenpox (pneumonia and nephritis), J. A. M. A. 134: 1237, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. WesselhoeftPearson CCM: Orchitis in the course of severe chickenpox with pneumonitis, followed by testicular atrophy, New England J. Med. 242: 651, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Frank L: Varicella pneumonitis: report of a case with autopsy observations, Arch. Path. 50: 450, 1950. Google Scholar7. BunnHammond PAJD: Chickenpox complicated by severe pneumonia treated with Aureomycin, New York State J. Med. 50: 1485, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. MichelColemanKirby JCDHWM: Pneumonia associated with chickenpox: report of a patient treated with Aureomycin, Am. Pract. and Digest. Treat. 2: 57, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. Eisenbud M: Chickenpox with visceral involvement, Am. J. Med. 12: 740, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. SaslawPriorWiseman SJABK: Varicella pneumonia, Arch. Int. Med. 91: 35, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. RosecanBaumgartenCharles MWBH: Varicella pneumonia with shock and heart failure, Ann. Int. Med. 38: 830, 1953. LinkGoogle Scholar12. Hampton AG: Primary varicella pneumonia, Arch. Int. Med. 95: 137, 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication April 19, 1955.From the 11th Field Hospital, Germany.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Ray G. Cowley, Lt. Colonel (MC), Post Office Box 115, William Beaumont Army Hospital, El Paso, Texas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHerpes- und verwandte VirenAbnormalities of Respiratory Function in Varicella PneumoniaJOSE S. BOCLES, M.D., N. JOEL EHRENKRANZ, M.D., ASHER MARKS, M.D.Artificial Respiration in the Therapy of Primary Varicella PneumoniaPRIMARY CHICKENPOX (VARICELLA) PNEUMONIA: REPORT OF TWO CASES SEEN IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE*JAMES J. GABLE JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Varicella pneumonia 1 September 1956Volume 45, Issue 3Page: 518-525KeywordsDyspneaPneumoniaPsittacosisThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...