title: Fatal respiratory syncytial virus infection in severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: We encountered two cases of fatal respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants. Both patients had severe anatomic abnormalities in the thymus, probably due to severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome.
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007223:Infant; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology