Varicella pneumonia in a patient with AIDS

Abstract

We present the case of a 21-year-old male with a history of HIV/AIDS without antiretroviral treatment and no history of having suffered from chickenpox
or having been vaccinated, who developed dermal chickenpox lesions and presented bilateral and diffuse micronodules and hypoxemia on the chest x-ray.
Chickenpox pneumonia with respiratory failure was diagnosed as a primary infection, and the response to intravenous acyclovir and oxygen therapy was favorable.