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| A Case of Community-Acquired Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia in a Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation Recipient |
| Park YJ, Song HJ, Yang JS, Kim HB, Choi HJ, Oh MD, Lee HJ, Park S, Kim BK, Choe KW |
| Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. |
Vol.29 Num.5 (p439~445)
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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. |
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Keywords : Respiratory syncytial virus, Pneumonia, Immunocompromised patient, Bone marrow transplantation |
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