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Case Reports
. 2004;36(2):155-7.
doi: 10.1080/00365540410019282.

Respiratory syncytial virus-related pneumonia after stem cell transplantation successfully treated with palivizumab and steroid therapy

Giuseppe Luigi Banna  1 , Savina Maria Luciana Aversa, Anna Maria Cattelan, Gino Crivellari, Silvio Monfardini
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Respiratory syncytial virus-related pneumonia after stem cell transplantation successfully treated with palivizumab and steroid therapy

Giuseppe Luigi Banna et al. Scand J Infect Dis. 2004.

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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