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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia in an Adult Renal Transplant Patient: An Unexpected Nosocomial Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rodrigo Morales ,
Michael Kirkpatrick ,
Barry Browne  and
Osemwegie Emovon
Rodrigo Morales*
Affiliation:
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
Michael Kirkpatrick
Affiliation:
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
Barry Browne
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
Osemwegie Emovon
Affiliation:
Department of Nephrology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
*
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2451 Fillingim Street, 10th Floor, Suite G, Mobile, AL 36617
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Abstract

This article describes a case of respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia believed to have been acquired nosocomially in an adult renal transplant recipient. The mode of transmission, diagnosis, and prevention of infection due to this virus in the immunocompromised patient are discussed (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2003;24:548-550.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 7 , July 2003 , pp. 548 - 550
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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