Treatment of parainfluenza virus 3 pneumonia in a cardiac transplant recipient with intravenous ribavirin and methylprednisolone.
A 59-year-old man developed a lower respiratory tract infection 10 years after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. He did not respond to broad-spectrum antibiotic and antifungal treatment. Parainfluenza virus type 3 was the causative organism, and he was successfully treated with intravenous ribavirin and methylprednisolone.
Wright
Jeremy John
JJ
Cardiology Department Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia. jeremy.wright@health.wa.gov.au
O'driscoll
Gerry
G
D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012254:Ribavirin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000998:Antiviral Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D012254:Ribavirin; D008775:Methylprednisolone