Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: A case report

Akihiro Shiroshita; Kei Nakashima; Masahiro Aoshima

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2018)

Disseminated varicella-zoster virus infection with abdominal pain possibly caused by pirfenidone: A case report

Akihiro Shiroshita,
Kei Nakashima,
Masahiro Aoshima

Affiliations

Akihiro Shiroshita: Corresponding author.; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba 296-8602, Japan
Kei Nakashima: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba 296-8602, Japan
Masahiro Aoshima: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba 296-8602, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25
pp. 330 – 332

Abstract

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We report a case of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis treated with pirfenidone in a 76-year-old woman who complained of acute-onset abdominal pain and rashes. The patient was diagnosed with disseminated varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection, and pirfenidone was discontinued. Her condition improved in one month. Pirfenidone may induce disseminated VZV infection. Keywords: Herpes zoster, Disseminated VZV infection, Varicella-zoster virus, Pirfenidone

Published in Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

ISSN: 2213-0071 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/respiratory-medicine-case-reports/

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