[Varicella pneumonia in a healthy adult. Review of risk factors and treatment].

We present the case of a healthy adult patient without underlying risk factors, who developed bilateral pneumonia and respiratory failure during an outbreak in his family of infection by the Varicella-Zoster virus. IV. acyclovir treatment was begun with good clinical and radiological response and improvement in blood-oxygen levels. We review below risk factors and patients susceptible to treatment with acyclovir.