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Treatment of parainfluenza virus 3 pneumonia in a cardiac transplant recipient with intravenous ribavirin and methylprednisolone.

Wright JJ, O'driscoll G

Cardiology Department Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia. jeremy.wright@health.wa.gov.au

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.

Published 1 March 2005 in J Heart Lung Transplant, 24(3): 343-6.
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