Successful treatment of enterovirus infection with the use of pleconaril in 2 infants with severe combined immunodeficiency

A Nowak-Wegrzyn; W Phipatanakul; J A Winkelstein; M S Forman; H M Lederman

doi:10.1086/317523

Successful treatment of enterovirus infection with the use of pleconaril in 2 infants with severe combined immunodeficiency

Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Jan;32(1):E13-4. doi: 10.1086/317523. Epub 2000 Dec 11.

Authors

A Nowak-Wegrzyn¹, W Phipatanakul, J A Winkelstein, M S Forman, H M Lederman

Affiliation

¹ Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287-3923, USA.

PMID: 11112666
DOI: 10.1086/317523

Abstract

Two patients with severe combined immunodeficiency and enterovirus infections were successfully treated with pleconaril. There were no adverse affects.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
Enterovirus Infections / complications
Enterovirus Infections / drug therapy*
Feces / virology
Female
Humans
Infant
Oxadiazoles / therapeutic use*
Oxazoles
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral / analysis
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency / complications
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency / drug therapy*

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Oxadiazoles
Oxazoles
RNA, Viral
pleconaril