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- Title
Respiratory syncytial virus infection following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- Authors
Small, T N; Casson, A; Malak, S F; Boulad, F; Kiehn, T E; Stiles, J; Ushay, H M; Sepkowitz, K A
- Abstract
Respiratory syncytial virus, one of the most common causes of respiratory infections in immunocompetent individuals, is frequently spread to recipients of HSCT by family members, other patients, and health care workers. In immunosuppressed individuals, progression from upper respiratory tract disease to pneumonia is common, and usually fatal if left untreated. We performed a retrospective analysis of RSV infections in recipients of autologous or allogeneic transplants. The incidence of RSV following allogeneic or autologous HSCT was 5.7% and 1.5%, respectively. Of the 58 patients with an RSV infection, 16 of 21 patients identified within the first post-transplant month, developed pneumonia. Seventy-two percent of patients received aerosolized ribavirin and/or RSV-IGIV, including 23 of 25 patients diagnosed with RSV pneumonia. In this aggressively treated patient population, three patients died of RSV disease, each following an unrelated HSCT.
- Publication
Bone marrow transplantation, 2002, Vol 29, Issue 4, p321
- ISSN
0268-3369
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.bmt.1703365