Rapid acute onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in a lung transplant recipient after respiratory syncytial virus infection

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 548-550

  Hayes, D ^a   Mansour, H M ^b   Kirkby, S ^a   Phillips, A B ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; Inhaled ribivirin; Lung transplantation; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867642743     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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