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Twenty cases of primary varicella pneumonia, 16 in adults and four in children, were studied. Two adults and four children died, two of the latter with complicating bacterial infections. In two patients the primary cause of death was severe alveolar-capillary block. Staphylococcal septicemia, midbrain hemorrhage and meningoencephalitis were primarily responsible for death in other patients.Radiologically, the lungs showed diffuse, poorly marginated, nodular lesions, often peribronchial in location, more easily defined in the thinner peripheral lung fields, with an alveolar acinar pattern, tending to coalesce in the hilar and perihilar regions. Pathologically, the cutaneous varicella lesions were matched by similar lesions regularly found in the lungs and pleura, as well as the peritoneum and the liver. The pulmonary nodular lesions corresponded to alveoli, filled with precipitated protein and active inflammatory cellular material, surrounding the bronchioles, which themselves were often involved, and these in turn were surrounded by areas of normally aerated alveoli. Eleven moderately to severely ill patients were treated with antibiotics, six moderately to extremely ill were treated with antibiotics and adrenal cortical steroids. There was no evidence of significant change in the course of the disease resulting from use of steroid therapy.
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PMID:Varicella pneumonia. A report of 20 cases, with postmortem examination in six. 605 21

A case is described of a 38-year-old man treated for three years for diabetes mellitus admitted to an internal department for elucidation of the cause of protracted fever. Staphylococcal sepsis was diagnosed with pneumonia and retroperitoneal abscess. Surgical treatment was given and targeted antibiotic-therapy was administered. The patient was discharged from the hospital after 38 days as cured. An observation of 18 months failed to show the recurrence of the infection.
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PMID:[Diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in staphylococcal sepsis]. 824 22

Diffuse pulmonary infiltrates are commonly found in hypoxic respiratory failure. We have reviewed 16 patients admitted to our medical intensive care unit over a period of 21 months, of whom seven died in hospital. Only patients requiring ventilatory support (CPAP or mechanical ventilation) for respiratory failure due to non-cardiogenic causes were included. All patients met the criteria for the diagnosis of ARDS. Three patients suffered from Wegener's granulomatosis, three from Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, three from bacterial pneumonia, and two from pneumonia. Staphylococcal septicemia, SLE, sarcoidosis, cancer-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome and ARDS of unknown etiology were each found in one patient. We discuss diagnosis and treatment of such patients on the basis of our experience.
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PMID:[Bilateral pulmonary infiltrations in patients admitted to an intensive care unit]. 981 47