| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2651662 | Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A healthy young woman presented with an overwhelming hyperacute herpes simplex virus-1 pneumonia that dramatically responded to intravenous acyclovir. It is postulated that the infection was a reactivation of latent virus in the vagal ganglia, in the absence of retrograde extension of herpes labialis/gingivostomatitis, or hematogenous spread from extragenital and other sources of infection. It is also postulated that the patient's amazing improvement overnight was a real-time coincidence of spontaneous recovery from the viral infection and prompt initiation of acyclovir treatment.
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Authors
Cesar V. Reyes, John R. Bolden,