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Case Reports

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

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Pages 155-157 | Received 11 Nov 2003, Accepted 17 Dec 2003, Published online: 11 Mar 2010
 

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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