title: Severe Epstein-Barr virus pulmonary involvement.
abstract: Two cases of severe Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) pulmonary involvement are described. Both were documented by EBV-specific serology and other causes of respiratory tract infection were excluded by culture and serology. Our first case describes fatal infectious mononucleosis (IM) with severe pneumonia in a patient without a definable immunologic disorder. Previous cases of pulmonary involvement in IM are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology