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. 1995 Nov;50(11):1219–1220. doi: 10.1136/thx.50.11.1219

Treatment of adenoviral pneumonitis with intravenous ribavirin and immunoglobulin.

I Sabroe 1, J McHale 1, D R Tait 1, W A Lynn 1, K N Ward 1, S Shaunak 1
PMCID: PMC475098  PMID: 8553282

Abstract

A 67 year old woman developed a severe adenoviral pneumonitis whilst receiving immunosuppressive therapy. She showed clinical and radiological evidence of a response to treatment with nebulised and intravenous ribavirin and intravenous pooled normal human immunoglobulin. To our knowledge this is the first time that such a therapeutic approach has been used in the treatment of a condition which normally carries a very high mortality.

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