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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Main Authors: Gülcan GÜL, Rabin SABA, Dilara İNAN, Gözde ÖNGÜT, Hüseyin BEKÖZ, Asil ÖZTEKİN, Ömer ÖZBUDAK, İhsan KARADOĞAN
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Language:English
Published: Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi 2004-06-01
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
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author Gülcan GÜL
Rabin SABA
Dilara İNAN
Gözde ÖNGÜT
Hüseyin BEKÖZ
Asil ÖZTEKİN
Ömer ÖZBUDAK
İhsan KARADOĞAN
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Ömer ÖZBUDAK
İhsan KARADOĞAN
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-4bec2bbc1a0c40c2ba37c8aff9eed30b2023-02-15T16:07:33ZengBilimsel Tip YayineviFlora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi1300-932X1300-932X2004-06-0192147149Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia During Febrile Neutropenia and Its TreatmentGülcan GÜL0Rabin SABA1Dilara İNAN2Gözde ÖNGÜT3Hüseyin BEKÖZ4Asil ÖZTEKİN5Ömer ÖZBUDAK6İhsan KARADOĞAN7Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim DalıAkdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim DalıAkdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim DalıAkdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim DalıAkdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Hematoloji Bilim DalıAkdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim DalıAkdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, ANTALYAAkdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Hematoloji Bilim DalıTwenty-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.http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2004-9-2-147-149.pdfRespiratory syncytial virusPneumoniaImmunosupressionRibavirin
spellingShingle Gülcan GÜL
Rabin SABA
Dilara İNAN
Gözde ÖNGÜT
Hüseyin BEKÖZ
Asil ÖZTEKİN
Ömer ÖZBUDAK
İhsan KARADOĞAN
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia During Febrile Neutropenia and Its Treatment
Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
Respiratory syncytial virus
Pneumonia
Immunosupression
Ribavirin
title Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia During Febrile Neutropenia and Its Treatment
title_full Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia During Febrile Neutropenia and Its Treatment
title_fullStr Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia During Febrile Neutropenia and Its Treatment
title_full_unstemmed Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia During Febrile Neutropenia and Its Treatment
title_short Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia During Febrile Neutropenia and Its Treatment
title_sort respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia during febrile neutropenia and its treatment
topic Respiratory syncytial virus
Pneumonia
Immunosupression
Ribavirin
url http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2004-9-2-147-149.pdf
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