Successful treatment of human metapneumovirus pneumonia using combination therapy with intravenous ribavirin and immune globulin: Correspondence

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-669

  Bonney, Denise ^a   Razali, Hadibiah ^a   Turner, Andrew ^b   Will, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised; Metapneumovirus; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IVIG; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS PNEUMONIA; MYCOSIS; OXYGEN BREATHING; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASPARAGINASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DAUNORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; METHOTREXATE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 66149116405     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07654.x     Document Type: Letter

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