Case 1-2018. A 39-Year-Old Woman with Rapidly Progressive Respiratory Failure

N Engl J Med. 2018 Jan 11;378(2):182-190. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1712222.

Authors

Kathryn A Hibbert¹, Jo-Anne O Shepard¹, Rebekah J Lane¹, Marwan M Azar¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Medicine (K.A.H., R.J.L.), Radiology (J.-A.O.S.), and Pathology (M.M.A.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (K.A.H., R.J.L.), Radiology (J.-A.O.S.), and Pathology (M.M.A.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 29320657
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1712222

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Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Adenoviridae / isolation & purification*
Adenoviridae Infections / diagnosis*
Adenoviridae Infections / drug therapy
Adult
Antiviral Agents / adverse effects
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Cidofovir
Cytosine / adverse effects
Cytosine / analogs & derivatives
Cytosine / therapeutic use
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / therapy
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / pathology*
Nasopharynx / virology
Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
Organophosphonates / adverse effects
Organophosphonates / therapeutic use
Radiography, Thoracic
Renal Insufficiency / chemically induced
Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology*
Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Viral Load

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Organophosphonates
Cytosine
Cidofovir