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

Scand J Infect Dis. 1990;22(1):87-9. doi: 10.3109/00365549009023124.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Inhalation
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
  • Respiratory Syncytial Viruses
  • Respirovirus Infections / drug therapy*
  • Respirovirus Infections / etiology
  • Ribavirin / administration & dosage
  • Ribavirin / therapeutic use*
  • Ribonucleosides / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Ribonucleosides
  • Ribavirin