Successful therapy with ribavarin of late onset respiratory syncytial virus pneumonitis complicating allogeneic bone transplantation
作者:
N. WIN,
D. MITCHELL,
S. PUGH,
N. H. RUSSELL,
期刊:
Clinical&Laboratory Haematology
(WILEY Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 1
页码: 29-32
ISSN:0141-9854
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2257.1992.tb01205.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: respiratory syncytial virus;bone marrow transplant;ribavarin
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
SummaryA 21‐year‐old patient developed interstitial pneumonitis nine months post bone marrow transplant for acute myeloblastic leukaemia. Immunofluorescence of broncheoalveolar lavage fluid revealed the presence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Aerosolized ribavarin therapy resulted in rapid resolution of the pneumonitis with full recovery without any side effects. Ribavarin therapy should be considered early in the management of BMT patients who develop RSV pneumoni
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