Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a pediatric patient with solid tumor

Emiroglu H. H., Kebudi R., Zulfikar B., GÖRGÜN Ö. N. H., Yilmaz G., Ayan I., ...Daha Fazla

TURK ONKOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY, cilt.24, sa.2, ss.85-87, 2009 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: TURK ONKOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.85-87
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.