Respiratory syncytial virus-related pneumonia after stem cell transplantation successfully treated with palivizumab and steroid therapy
- PMID: 15061675
- DOI: 10.1080/00365540410019282
Respiratory syncytial virus-related pneumonia after stem cell transplantation successfully treated with palivizumab and steroid therapy
Abstract
A case is reported of a 56-y-old woman with a second relapse of Hodgkin's disease who early developed after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) a severe RSV-related interstitial pneumonia successfully treated with 1-d intravenous palivizumab 8 mg/kg plus low-dose systemic steroid therapy. B-cells suppression with CMV antigenaemia were then observed and required treatment with ganciclovir and liposomal amfotericine B.
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