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Case Reports
. 2007 Oct;40(8):809-11.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705827. Epub 2007 Aug 20.

Rhinovirus as a cause of fatal lower respiratory tract infection in adult stem cell transplantation patients: a report of two cases

J A Gutman, A J Peck, J Kuypers, M Boeckh
Case Reports

Rhinovirus as a cause of fatal lower respiratory tract infection in adult stem cell transplantation patients: a report of two cases

J A Gutman et al. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2007 Oct.
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Figure 1
Computed tomography (CT) scans of the two patients at the time of pulmonary deterioration, each revealing diffuse ground-glass opacities consistent with viral infection.
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