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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, p. 4904-4905, Vol. 41, No. 10
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4904-4905.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Persistent Multiple Pulmonary Nodules in a Nonimmunocompromised Woman after Varicella-Related Myelitis Treated with Acyclovir

Evelyne Schvoerer,1* Valéry Frechin,1 André Warter,2 Bernard Gasser,2 Hervé Jouin,3 Jean-Pierre Gut,1 and Françoise Stoll-Keller1

Institut de Virologie de la Faculté de Médecine et Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg,1 Institut d'Anatomie Pathologique de la Faculté de Médecine et Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg,2 Centre Hospitalier Général Saint Nicolas, 54402 Sarrebourg, France3

Received 3 April 2003/ Returned for modification 10 June 2003/ Accepted 18 July 2003

Persistent multiple pulmonary nodules were observed on the chest X ray of a nonimmunocompromised woman 6 months after she was treated with acyclovir for a varicella-related myelitis without respiratory symptoms. Early antiviral therapy given for varicella infections might decrease the intensity of clinical symptoms without actually preventing the occurrence of varicella-zoster virus-related lesions such as the persistent pulmonary nodules reported here.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut de Virologie, 3 Rue Koeberlé, 67000 Strasbourg, France. Phone: (33) 390243710. Fax: (33) 390243750. E-mail: Evelyne.Schvoerer{at}viro-ulp.u-strasbg.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, p. 4904-4905, Vol. 41, No. 10
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4904-4905.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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