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Parainfluenza virus infection in adult bone marrow transplant recipients

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The clinical course of parainfluenza virus infection occurring in 8 of 265 (3 %) adult bone marrow transplant recipients during 1991 was reviewed. Parainfluenza virus type 3 was isolated from all eight patients. The clinical course ranged from self-limited upper respiratory tract infections (2 patients) to severe lower respiratory tract disease (6 patients) associated with a 50 % mortality. This study highlights the important role of community respiratory viruses such as parainfluenza virus in the etiology of pneumonia in immunocompromised adults.

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  1. Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

    E. Whimbey, S. E. Vartivarian, L. S. Elting & G. P. Bodey

  2. Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

    R. E. Champlin

  3. Division of Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

    M. Luna

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Whimbey, E., Vartivarian, S.E., Champlin, R.E. et al. Parainfluenza virus infection in adult bone marrow transplant recipients. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 12, 699–701 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02009383

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