Persistent multiple pulmonary nodules in a nonimmunocompromised woman after varicella-related myelitis treated with acyclovir

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4904-4905

  Schvoerer, Evelyne ^a,c   Frechin, Valéry ^a   Warter, André ^a   Gasser, Bernard ^a   Jouin, Hervé ^b   Gut, Jean Pierre ^a   Stoll Keller, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^c Institut de virologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSESTHESIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0141992863     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4904-4905.2003     Document Type: Article

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