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Varicella pneumonia: another 'steroid responsive' pneumonia?
R Ahmed1, Q A A Ahmed, N A Adhami
1Department of Critical Care Medicine, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Journal of Chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
|May 23, 2002
Abstract:
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) pneumonitis remains an often-fatal complication of VZV infection. Antiviral agents and supportive care are widely accepted therapies. Cautious use of corticosteroids in life-threatening VZV pneumonitis may be justified. Appropriate patient selection factors are as yet unidentified and the decision to commence corticosteroid therapy in this setting is clinical.