Fatal respiratory syncytial virus infection in severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome.
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.
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