Varicelloid pneumonia in the adult patient. Review of 25 cases;Neumonía varicelosa en el adulto. Revisión de 25 casos

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 197, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 690-692

  Aleman Llanso C ^a   Garcia Quintana A M ^a   Alegre Martin J ^a,b   Recio Iglesias, J ^a   Falco Ferrer V ^a   Fernandez De Sevilla Ribosa T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult patient; Varicella pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 0344855515     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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