A Case of Community-Acquired Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia in a Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation Recipient.
- Author:
Young Joo PARK
1
;
Ho Jun SONG
;
Jae Suk YANG
;
Hong Bin KIM
;
Hee Jung CHOI
;
Myoung Don OH
;
Hwoan Jong LEE
;
Seonyang PARK
;
Byoung Kook KIM
;
Kang Won CHOE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Respiratory syncytial virus;
Pneumonia;
Immunocompromised patient;
Bone marrow transplantation
- MeSH:
Bone Marrow Transplantation;
Cytomegalovirus;
Drug Therapy;
Fungi;
Humans;
Immunocompromised Host;
Immunoglobulins;
Leukemia;
Orthomyxoviridae;
Paramyxoviridae Infections;
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation*;
Pneumocystis carinii;
Pneumonia*;
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses*;
Ribavirin
- From:Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
1997;29(5):439-445
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pneumonia is a fatal disease in immunocompromised patients including bone marrow transplantation recipients. Etiological agents include fungi, cytomegalovirus, Pneumocystis carinii, influenza virus and parainfluenza virus. We describe a community-acquired respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in a patient who received intense chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplantation for acute leukemia. The patient was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and ribavirin aerosol. About 1 month later, she was recovered.
