Adjuvant treatment of severe varicella pneumonia with intravenous varicella zoster virus-specific immunoglobulins

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) pneumonia is associated with significant mortality, especially in the immunocompromised host. VZV-specific immunoglobulins (VZIG) are currently used as post-exposure prophylaxis for at-risk patients, but not as adjunctive therapy. A novel case of VZV pneumonia in an immu...

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Main Authors: Davide Mangioni, Giacomo Grasselli, Chiara Abbruzzese, Antonio Muscatello, Andrea Gori, Alessandra Bandera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219302292