Use of acyclovir to treat chickenpox in pregnancy

Abstract

The clinical features of cholesterol embolism in the kidney have been well delineated.' We report a case of acute renal graft failure due to cholesterol emboli. We further suggest that fibrinolytic treatment caused the disease and draw attention to this potential complication of an increasingly popular treatment of myocardial infarction.2 3 Case report A 56 year old man was admitted to hospital with chest pain that had lasted four hours. Nineteen years earlier he had received a cadaver kidney transplant after a 20 year history of chronic glomerulonephritis with hypertension. No rejection occurred. Serum creatinine concentration was stable at 150 [smol/l. Maintenance

Neumonía varicelosa en el adulto: Estudio de nueve casos

“…3. Embarazo: Sin que hasta la fecha se conozcan los mecanismos etiopatogénicos implicados, la aparición de lesiones cutáneas típicas de la infección por el virus varicela-zoster es criterio de ingreso hospitalario e inicio de tratamiento intravenoso con aciclovir, no sólo por el riesgo de fetopatía (hasta del 10%), sino por la posibilidad de insuficiencia respiratoria grave (19)(20)(21)(22).…”

Varicella Pneumonia Complicating Pregnancy: A Report of Seven Cases

“…4 The exact dosages reported in studies have varied from 5 to 30 mg/kg. [17][18][19][20][21][22] . The dose usually recommended by infectious disease experts for treating disseminated varicella-zoster infections in immunocompromised patients is 10-15 mg/kg given 3 times daily for 7 days.…”

Chickenpox pneumonia: an association with pregnancy.

“…This may be explained by the progressive changes in the immune system that occur in pregnancy,38 the immune system (14) 3 (11) *Twenty one in last trimester and four unknown. tNot stated.…”