Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a pediatric patient with solid tumor
Date
2009Author
Zulfikar, Bulent
Emiroglu, Halil Haldun
GÖRGÜN, Ömer Nafi Halil
Kebudi, Rejin
Somer, Ayper
Salman, Nuran
Ayan, Inci
Yilmaz, Gulden
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in immunosuppressed patients. CMV infection is mostly encountered in children undergoing highdose chemotherapy and transplantation. Though the chemotherapy for solid tumor is an immunosuppressed state, CMV infection has been reported infrequently in children with solid tumors. In this paper, a child diagnosed with neuroblastoma who was treated with conventional chemotherapy and developed CMV pneumonia is presented. The patient was treated with intravenous ganciclovir in the pediatric intensive care unit, but died one week later.
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