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Our patient with Varicella Pneumonia was not malnourished. Her BMI was 21 on admission. According to the patient her weight has not changed over last 6 months. Thanks for your mail
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I noticed on the chest radiography that this patient is slim and wonder whether or not she was malnourished? the associated immune suppression may have put her at risk for getting this disease
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