Successful clearance of human parainfluenza virus type 2 viraemia with intravenous ribavirin and immunoglobulin in a patient with acute myocarditis

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-40

  Kalimuddin, Shirin ^a   Sessions, October M ^b   Hou, Yan'An ^b   Ooi, Eng Eong ^b   Sim, David ^c   Cumaraswamy, Sivathasan ^c   Tan, Teing Ee ^c   Lai, Siang Hui ^a   Low, Chian Yong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Human parainfluenza virus; Myocarditis; Ribavirin; Viraemia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RIBAVIRIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIMB SWELLING; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDITIS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2, HUMAN; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; RUBULAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871514491     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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