TY - JOUR
T1 - Varicella pneumonia masquerading as interstitial lung disease
T2 - Non-specific interstitial pneumonitis
AU - Bhat, Rama
AU - Kamath, Navaneeth S.
AU - Rao, Raghavendra
AU - Sneha, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the patient for giving us consent to publish this case report. This case report would not have been possible without the support from our Departmental Head, Professor Raviraj V Acharya. The authors are grateful to Kasturba Medical College, Health Sciences Library, and Manipal University for providing an opportunity to draft out the case report and also for addressing the spelling and grammatical errors in the final stages of the manuscript. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Varicella-zoster virus infection also known as chickenpox is a common clinical entity especially among unvaccinated children and adults. It is said that severity increases as the age increases. Approximately 5%–15% of adult varicella can produce pulmonary manifestations. Varicella pneumonitis occurs especially in at-risk individuals like pregnant, smokers, chronic lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and immunosuppression. The authors describe a case of severe varicella pneumonitis in a healthy immunocompetent middle-aged woman which posed a great diagnostic challenge. The authors also want to highlight that how a common disease can pose a diagnostic dilemma and present with life-threatening organ failure and timely intervention is needed to prevent mortality.
AB - Varicella-zoster virus infection also known as chickenpox is a common clinical entity especially among unvaccinated children and adults. It is said that severity increases as the age increases. Approximately 5%–15% of adult varicella can produce pulmonary manifestations. Varicella pneumonitis occurs especially in at-risk individuals like pregnant, smokers, chronic lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and immunosuppression. The authors describe a case of severe varicella pneumonitis in a healthy immunocompetent middle-aged woman which posed a great diagnostic challenge. The authors also want to highlight that how a common disease can pose a diagnostic dilemma and present with life-threatening organ failure and timely intervention is needed to prevent mortality.
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U2 - 10.1177/2050313X211059293
DO - 10.1177/2050313X211059293
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119531840
SN - 2050-313X
VL - 9
JO - SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
JF - SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
ER -