Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis in a patient with Hodgkin disease and ataxia-telangiectasia

Claudio Sandoval; Michael Swift

doi:10.1002/ppul.10422

Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis in a patient with Hodgkin disease and ataxia-telangiectasia

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2004 Jun;37(6):559-60. doi: 10.1002/ppul.10422.

Authors

Claudio Sandoval¹, Michael Swift

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA. claudio_sandoval@nymc.edu

PMID: 15114558
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10422

Abstract

We describe a child with with Hodgkin disease and ataxia-telangiectasia who also developed an unusual pneumonitis caused by a cytomegalovirus which was fatal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Ataxia Telangiectasia / complications*
Ataxia Telangiectasia / virology*
Child
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hodgkin Disease / complications*
Hodgkin Disease / virology*
Humans
Pneumonia / etiology*
Pneumonia / virology*