Effect of ganciclovir for the treatment of severe cytomegalovirus-associated pneumonia in children without a specific immunocompromised state

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Doan, Thanh Thi M ^a,b   Phung, Thuy Thi B ^a,b   Pham, Hung V ^a   Pham, Son H ^a,b   Nguyen, Liem T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF PEDIATRICS   (Viet Nam)

^b Basic Medical Research Department   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Children; Cytomegalovirus associated pneumonia; Ganciclovir

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS DNA;

ANEMIA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883512393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-424     Document Type: Article

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