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Pericarditis mediated by respiratory syncytial virus in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient |
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| Authors: | M.P. Rubach E.N. Pavlisko J.R. Perfect |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center, , Durham, North Carolina, USA;2. Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, , Durham, North Carolina, USA |
| Abstract: | We describe a case of pericarditis and large pericardial effusion in a 63‐year‐old African‐American man undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma. Pericardial tissue biopsy demonstrated fibrinous pericarditis, and immunohistochemistry stains were positive for respiratory syncytial virus. The patient improved with oral ribavirin and intravenous immune globulin infusions. |
| Keywords: | respiratory syncytial virus pericarditis multiple myeloma hematopoietic stem cell transplant IVIg ribavirin |