TY - JOUR
T1 - Respiratory syncytial virus-related pneumonia after stem cell transplantation successfully treated with palivizumab and steroid therapy
AU - Banna, Giuseppe Luigi
AU - Aversa, Savina Maria Luciana
AU - Cattelan, Anna Maria
AU - Crivellari, Gino
AU - Monfardini, Silvio
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1080/00365540410019282
DO - 10.1080/00365540410019282
M3 - Article
C2 - 15061675
AN - SCOPUS:1542359674
VL - 36
SP - 155
EP - 157
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
SN - 0036-5548
IS - 2
ER -