PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Patricia A H Hamers
AU  - Steven F T Thijsen
AU  - René van der Griend
AU  - Lenneke E M Haas
TI  - An ICU patient with spots and a peculiar pneumonia
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2013-008693
DP  - 2013 Mar 20
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr2013008693
VI  - 2013
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-008693.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-008693.full
AB  - This is the first report of varicella zoster virus (VZV) pneumonia in an adult patient treated with rituximab because of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and it illustrates that a VZV infection should be considered when an immunocompromised patient develops pulmonary symptoms, even in the absence of cutaneous lesions. It also depicts the importance of performing varicella serology in patients receiving multiple immunosuppressive agents.