Varicella pneumonia in a patient with AIDS

Authors

  • Priscila Milagros Díaz-Rodríguez Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal. Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Perú
  • Leonidas Carrillo-Ñañez Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v35i3.679

Keywords:

chickenpox, pneumonia, HIV, AIDS, acyclovir

Abstract

We present the case of a 21-year-old male with a history of HIV/AIDS without antiretroviral treatment and no history of having suffered from chickenpox
or having been vaccinated, who developed dermal chickenpox lesions and presented bilateral and diffuse micronodules and hypoxemia on the chest x-ray.
Chickenpox pneumonia with respiratory failure was diagnosed as a primary infection, and the response to intravenous acyclovir and oxygen therapy was favorable.

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Published

2022-08-29

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 3 (2022)

Section

Case report

How to Cite

Varicella pneumonia in a patient with AIDS. (2022). Revista De La Sociedad Peruana De Medicina Interna, 35(3), e679. https://doi.org/10.36393/spmi.v35i3.679