VARICELLA PNEUMONIA WITH SHOCK AND HEART FAILURE
Authors: M ROSECAN, W BAUMGARTEN, B H CHARLES
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Case Reports1 April 1953VARICELLA PNEUMONIA WITH SHOCK AND HEART FAILUREMARVIN ROSECAN, M.D., WALTER BAUMGARTEN JR., M.D., BENJAMIN H. CHARLES, M.D.MARVIN ROSECAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WALTER BAUMGARTEN JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BENJAMIN H. CHARLES, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-4-830 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptChickenpox usually runs a benign course, but it has not been generally appreciated that it may be a severe disease, especially in adults. The virus is widely disseminated throughout the body, but only rarely does it produce visceral manifestations such as pneumonia, encephalitis and nephritis. The following case report illustrates a most malignant form of varicella pneumonia, with severe cardiopulmonary complications.CASE REPORTA 36 year old white male was admitted to Barnes Hospital on February 10, 1952. Sixteen days before admission one of his children had developed a typical varicella eruption. Four days before admission the patient developed fever...Bibliography1. BullowaWishik JGSM: Complications of varicella. I. Their occurrence among 2,534 patients, Am. J. Dis. Child. 49: 923, 1935. Google Scholar2. WaringNeubuergerGeever JJKEF: Severe forms of chickenpox in adults; with autopsy observations in a case with associated pneumonia and encephalitis, Arch. Int. Med. 69: 384, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RauschGrableMusser LETJJH: Atypical pneumonia complicating severe varicella in an adult, New Orleans M. and S. J. 96: 271, 1943. Google Scholar4. Claudy WD: Pneumonia associated with varicella: review of the literature and report of a fatal case with autopsy, Arch. Int. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: St. Louis, Missouri*Received for publication October 7, 1952.From the Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and the Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byVaricella infections in pregnancy and the newbornHerpes- und verwandte VirenVaricella pneumonia in pregnancyHyperthermia, Fever and Infectious DiseasesAbnormalities of Respiratory Function in Varicella PneumoniaJOSE S. BOCLES, M.D., N. JOEL EHRENKRANZ, M.D., ASHER MARKS, M.D.Varicella PneumoniaRICHARD H. MERMELSTEIN, M.D., ABRAHAM W. FREIREICH, M.D., F.A.C.P.WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME IN VARICELLA*ROBERT R. MONTGOMERY, M.D., MAGNUS OLAFSSON, M.D.PRIMARY CHICKENPOX (VARICELLA) PNEUMONIA: REPORT OF TWO CASES SEEN IN THE PRIVATE PRACTICE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE*JAMES J. 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