Para-influenza pneumonia in DiGeorge syndrome two years after thymic epithelial transplantation.
A patient with DiGeorge syndrome developed pneumonia caused by para-influenza virus type 3 two years after immunological reconstitution with foetal thymic eptihelium. There was a transient reduction of mitogen-induced lymphocyte transformation at the time of the pneumonia. Although she recovered from the pneumonia, brochitis persisted and the virus could still be isolated from her pharyngeal secretions 3 1/2 months later.
D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D013577:Syndrome; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000637:transplantation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D000914:Antibodies, Viral