水痘通常是一个温和的和良性的疾病。然而,先前的报道1已经证明,并发症,虽然罕见,可能是不寻常的严重性。水痘肺炎主要报道所以很少可能无法预见可能发生的潜在的严重肺部表现。这个报告的目的是描述严重水痘肺炎在五个月的时间内三个成年人。
报告的病例
案例1。- t。B。,a 38-year-old white engineer, was admitted to the Ohio State University on Feb. 24, 1952, in acute respiratory distress. Five days prior to admission he noted mild malaise and a few "watery pimples" on his scalp. The following day there was marked involvement of his forehead, face, chest, and abdomen, with fewer lesions on the extremities. At this time he realized he had chicken pox, since there was a considerable amount of it in the community where