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Adult chickenpox complicated by fatal necrotising pneumonia
Author(s) -
Stride Peter JO,
Campher Matthys JJ,
Geary Janice M,
Coulter Christopher,
Duhig Edwina E
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06210.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , general hospital , clinical microbiology , family medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 2 August 2004 181 3 160-161 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au Lessons from practice was no histological evidence that varicella pneumoni to the development of secondary group A streptoco nia in this case. In children, varicella is a well recognised predispos for invasive gr up A streptococcal infection, prece recorded cases of this infection in a recent Canadia most common manifestation of invasive group A aricella (chickenpox) is a highly infectious disease caused by varicella zoster virus. Monthly notifications in Australia fluctuate from 40 to 180, with three to four deaths yearly. Varicella zoster pneumonia with interstitial pneumonitis and respiratory distress syndrome is a well recognised complication which occurs more frequently in adults than children (particularly smokers, pregnant women and those who are immunocompromised). Despite the presence of varicella zoster virus DNA, there a predisposed ccal pneumo-