Overwhelming varicella pneumonia in a patient with Crohn's disease treated with 6-mercaptopurine

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1995 Apr;20(3):351-3. doi: 10.1097/00005176-199504000-00016.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Chickenpox / complications*
  • Chickenpox / etiology
  • Crohn Disease / complications*
  • Crohn Disease / drug therapy*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects
  • Male
  • Mercaptopurine / adverse effects
  • Mercaptopurine / therapeutic use*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / etiology
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Sulfasalazine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Sulfasalazine
  • Mercaptopurine
  • Prednisone