TY - JOUR T1 - An ICU patient with spots and a peculiar pneumonia JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2013-008693 VL - 2013 SP - bcr2013008693 AU - Patricia A H Hamers AU - Steven F T Thijsen AU - René van der Griend AU - Lenneke E M Haas Y1 - 2013/03/20 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-008693.abstract N2 - 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. ER -