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Pericarditis mediated by respiratory syncytial virus in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient
Author(s) -
Rubach M.P.,
Pavlisko E.N.,
Perfect J.R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12099
Subject(s) - medicine , pericarditis , ribavirin , pericardial effusion , stem cell , multiple myeloma , respiratory system , haematopoiesis , hematopoietic stem cell , pericardium , pathology , virus , immunology , hepatitis c virus , biology , genetics
We describe a case of pericarditis and large pericardial effusion in a 63‐year‐old A frican‐ A merican man undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma. Pericardial tissue biopsy demonstrated fibrinous pericarditis, and immunohistochemistry stains were positive for respiratory syncytial virus. The patient improved with oral ribavirin and intravenous immune globulin infusions.