Open AccessRespiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Recipients of Allogeneic Stem-Cell Transplantation: A Retrospective Study of the Incidence, Clinical Features, and Outcome
Author(s) -
Gayane Avetisyan,
Jonas Mattsson,
E. Sparrelid,
Per Ljungman
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3181bb477e
Subject(s) - medicine , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , ribavirin , lower respiratory tract infection , incidence (geometry) , respiratory system , transplantation , retrospective cohort study , respiratory tract infections , immunology , virus , hepatitis c virus , physics , optics
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of serious respiratory infections in hematopoietic stem-cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. We aimed to determine the frequency, risk factors, and outcome of RSV infection in allo-HSCT recipients.