Severe chickenpox during treatment with corticosteroids

Lethal chickenpox infection during treatment with infliximab and methotrexate

Methods In a seven-year-old boy treatment with methotrexate and infliximab for bilateral panuveitis complicated by glaucoma and cataract was initiated. During treatment the uveitis went into remission and oral treatment with prednisolone could be stopped. The intraocular pressure dropped and surgical intervention for glaucoma was cancelled. The child underwent screening for tuberculosis before ...

Plasmapheresis with corticosteroids and antiviral: a life-saving treatment for severe cases of Covid 19 (A case report)

Background: COVID-19 pandemic is a global concern. In this study we suggest using a novel three-dimensional treatment mainly based upon immune system modulation to revolve the virus chaos, regarding to the cytokine storm introduced as the main character of COVID-19 infection scenario. Case Presentation: A young man infected by 2019-nCoVwho suffered from respiratory arrest and loss of conscious...

Treatment of severe alcoholic hepatitis with corticosteroids and pentoxifylline.

Despite being themost frequently abused drug for centuries, alcohol was not recognized as a direct hepatotoxin until the 1960s.1 Alcohol abuse accounts for the third leading preventable causeofdeath and the secondmost commoncauseof cirrhosis after hepatitis C virus infection in the United States.2,3 Alcoholichepatitis is a commoncomplicationofalcohol abuse; its severity can range frommild to se...

Chickenpox pneumonia: experience with antiviral treatment.

Of 13 patients with chickenpox pneumonia (12 of them adults) treated during 1979-87, 10 received antiviral drugs--nine acyclovir and one vidarabine. Three died despite intensive treatment. Serious secondary infections occurred in six cases. There were no clear indications that antiviral treatment altered the natural history of the condition. Acyclovir may at present be used too late in the cour...

Chickenpox during pregnancy.