A Case of Community-Acquired Parainfluenza virus type 3 Pneumonia in a Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation Recipient.
- Author:
Jong Wook SHIN
1
;
Yo han JOH
;
Cheol In KANG
;
Sung Han KIM
;
Sang Yoon LEE
;
Ui Seok KIM
;
Myoung Don OH
;
Hwoan Jong LEE
;
Seon Yang PARK
;
Byoung Kook KIM
;
Kang Won CHOE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mdohnd@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Parainfluenza virus;
Pneumonia;
Bone marrow transplantation;
Leukemia
- MeSH:
Bone Marrow Transplantation*;
Bone Marrow*;
Graft vs Host Disease;
Humans;
Leukemia;
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive;
Mortality;
Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human*;
Paramyxoviridae Infections*;
Pneumonia*;
Transplantation
- From:Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
2002;34(5):331-336
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pneumonia, along with graft-versus-host disease, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients receiving bone marrow transplantation. The community respiratory virus infections have been found to be large causes of pneumonia. Upper respiratory infection with Parainfluenza virus can progress to severe lower respiratory diseases in bone marrow transplant recipients, of which clinical findings are similar to those of pneumonia by exotic opportunistic pathogens. We report a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia who had suffered a community-acquired pneumonia by Parainfluenza virus type 3 after bone marrow transplantation.
