Korean J Infect Dis.  2002 Oct;34(5):331-336.

A Case of Community-Acquired Parainfluenza virus type 3 Pneumonia in a Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation Recipient

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mdohnd@snu.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Pneumonia, along with graft-versus-host disease, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients receiving bone marrow transplantation. The community respiratory virus infections have been found to be large causes of pneumonia. Upper respiratory infection with Parainfluenza virus can progress to severe lower respiratory diseases in bone marrow transplant recipients, of which clinical findings are similar to those of pneumonia by exotic opportunistic pathogens. We report a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia who had suffered a community-acquired pneumonia by Parainfluenza virus type 3 after bone marrow transplantation.

Keyword

Parainfluenza virus; Pneumonia; Bone marrow transplantation; Leukemia

MeSH Terms

Bone Marrow Transplantation*
Bone Marrow*
Graft vs Host Disease
Humans
Leukemia
Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
Mortality
Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human*
Paramyxoviridae Infections*
Pneumonia*
Transplantation
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