Shiroshita Akihiro, Nakashima Kei, Aoshima Masahiro
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba 296-8602, Japan.
Respir Med Case Rep. 2018 Oct 26;25:330-332. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.10.023. eCollection 2018.
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.
我们报告了一例76岁女性慢性过敏性肺炎患者,该患者使用吡非尼酮治疗,出现急性腹痛和皮疹。患者被诊断为播散性水痘-带状疱疹病毒(VZV)感染,吡非尼酮停药。患者病情在一个月内好转。吡非尼酮可能诱发播散性VZV感染。