Acute Necrotizing Herpetic Pleuritis in a Patient with Systemic Sclerosis and Immunosuppression: Report of a Novel Pulmonary Herpes Infection

Authors

Despina Michailidou, Department of Internal Medicine, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale-New Haven Health System, Bridgeport, Conn.
James V. Lettera, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale-New Haven Health System, Bridgeport, Conn.
Inga Forde, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale-New Haven Health System, Bridgeport, Conn.Follow
Paul J. Cohen, Department of Pathology, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.Follow
Armand J. Wolff, Department of Internal Medicine and Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale-New Haven Health System, Bridgeport, Conn.
David A. Kaufman, Department of Internal Medicine and Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale-New Haven Health System, Bridgeport, Conn; Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Electronic address: David.Kaufman@ynhh.org.Follow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

The American journal of medicine

First Page

e25

Last Page

7

DOI

10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.09.005

Publication Date

2-1-2016

Recommended Citation

Michailidou, Despina; Lettera, James V.; Forde, Inga; Cohen, Paul J.; Wolff, Armand J.; and Kaufman, David A., "Acute Necrotizing Herpetic Pleuritis in a Patient with Systemic Sclerosis and Immunosuppression: Report of a Novel Pulmonary Herpes Infection" (2016). Critical Care. 16.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/critical_care/16

Identifier

26453991 (pubmed); 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.09.005 (doi); S0002-9343(15)00913-4 (pii)