Fatal co-infection with pulmonary tuberculosis and herpes simplex virus 1 pneumonia under steroid treatment

C Charasse; J M Liégaux; Y Le Tulzo; C Camus; R Thomas; F Cartier; M P Ramée; P André

Fatal co-infection with pulmonary tuberculosis and herpes simplex virus 1 pneumonia under steroid treatment

Eur Respir J. 1992 Jan;5(1):108-11.

Authors

C Charasse¹, J M Liégaux, Y Le Tulzo, C Camus, R Thomas, F Cartier, M P Ramée, P André

Affiliation

¹ Service de Réanimation Médicale et Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Universite de Rennes, France.

PMID: 1577130

Abstract

We report a case of adult respiratory distress syndrome in a 65 yr old man under inappropriate steroid therapy who developed both Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis pneumonia; we conclude from clinical and histological data that HSV 1 played a major role in the fatal outcome of this immunocompromised patient, in spite of acyclovir treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Herpes Simplex / complications*
Herpes Simplex / diagnosis
Herpes Simplex / etiology
Humans
Male
Methylprednisolone / adverse effects*
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / etiology
Pneumonia, Viral / microbiology
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / etiology

Substances

Methylprednisolone