Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions

Key message Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions is rare. When immunosuppressed patients get skin lesions with systemic symptoms, the possibility of varicella‐zoster virus infection of the respiratory tract should be kept in mind. In our case, the pulmonary lesions persisted for 15 ...

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Main Authors: Takuto Sueyasu, Kazunori Tobino, Ryuta Yamamoto, Saori Nishizawa, Yuki Ko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-10-01
Series:Respirology Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.846
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author Takuto Sueyasu
Kazunori Tobino
Ryuta Yamamoto
Saori Nishizawa
Yuki Ko
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description Key message Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions is rare. When immunosuppressed patients get skin lesions with systemic symptoms, the possibility of varicella‐zoster virus infection of the respiratory tract should be kept in mind. In our case, the pulmonary lesions persisted for 15 months.
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spelling doaj.art-f3cc522b4dbb4b7a8f54ad7792ceb9d42022-12-21T22:07:45ZengWileyRespirology Case Reports2051-33802021-10-01910n/an/a10.1002/rcr2.846Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesionsTakuto Sueyasu0Kazunori Tobino1Ryuta Yamamoto2Saori Nishizawa3Yuki Ko4Department of Respiratory Medicine Iizuka Hospital Iizuka JapanDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Iizuka Hospital Iizuka JapanDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Iizuka Hospital Iizuka JapanDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Iizuka Hospital Iizuka JapanDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Iizuka Hospital Iizuka JapanKey message Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions is rare. When immunosuppressed patients get skin lesions with systemic symptoms, the possibility of varicella‐zoster virus infection of the respiratory tract should be kept in mind. In our case, the pulmonary lesions persisted for 15 months.https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.846endobronchial lesionsimmunodeficiencyvaricella‐zoster pneumonia
spellingShingle Takuto Sueyasu
Kazunori Tobino
Ryuta Yamamoto
Saori Nishizawa
Yuki Ko
Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions
Respirology Case Reports
endobronchial lesions
immunodeficiency
varicella‐zoster pneumonia
title Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions
title_full Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions
title_fullStr Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions
title_full_unstemmed Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions
title_short Varicella‐zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions
title_sort varicella zoster pneumonia with endobronchial lesions
topic endobronchial lesions
immunodeficiency
varicella‐zoster pneumonia
url https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.846
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