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Severe respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in an adult renal transplant recipient: successful treatment with ribavirin

H Peigue-Lafeuille et al. Scand J Infect Dis. 1990.

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) pneumonia may be a severe disease especially in immunocompromised patients. It is quite rare in adults. We report a case of severe RSV pneumonia in a 38-year-old male renal transplant recipient with successful outcome after ribavirin aerosol therapy.

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