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Respiratory syncytial virus, a rare cause of severe pneumonia following bone marrow transplantation.
- Source :
-
Annals of hematology [Ann Hematol] 1995 Nov; Vol. 71 (5), pp. 253-5. - Publication Year :
- 1995
-
Abstract
- Mixed alveolar interstitial pneumonia is a much-feared complication in bone marrow transplant recipients because it carries a high mortality. Many cases in which an etiological agent is identified are due to fungi or cytomegalovirus; rarely, other infectious agents such as Pneumocystis carinii or (para)influenzavirus are involved. In this report we describe a patient who received intense chemotherapy followed by autologous bone marrow transplantation for relapse of testis seminoma and who developed a severe alveolar interstitial pneumonia caused by respiratory syncytial virus in the early posttransplant period. The patient fully recovered after treatment with ribavirin.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Humans
Lung Diseases, Interstitial diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases, Interstitial virology
Male
Radiography
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human isolation & purification
Ribavirin therapeutic use
Seminoma therapy
Testicular Neoplasms
Bone Marrow Transplantation adverse effects
Pneumonia, Viral virology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections drug therapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0939-5555
- Volume :
- 71
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Annals of hematology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7492628
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01744375