Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia During Febrile Neutropenia and Its Treatment
Twenty-four years old male who had chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) for eight months, was admitted to emergency unit because of fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea and fever. He was hospitalized because of blastic transformation from CML to acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) and also febrile neutropenia. Re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi
2004-06-01
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| Series: | Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2004-9-2-147-149.pdf |
| Summary: | Twenty-four years old male who had chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) for eight months, was admitted to emergency unit because of fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea and fever. He was hospitalized because of blastic transformation from CML to acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) and also febrile neutropenia. Respiratory distress and hypotension occurred and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pneumonia was laboratorally diagnosed. He responded to the oral ribavirin therapy but he died because of a new febrile neutropenic episode and bleeding. This case is the first reported RSV pneumonia in a febrile neutropenic patient and its treatment choices are limited in our country. |
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| ISSN: | 1300-932X 1300-932X |