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Primary Epstein-Barr virus infection with pneumonia transmitted by allogeneic bone marrow after transplantation.

Teira P, Agbalika F, Bergeron A, Bernaudin F, Carmagnat M, Peffault de Latour R, Rocha V, Devergie A, Rabian C, Gluckman E, Ribaud P, Socié G, Robin M

Service d'Hématologie-Allogreffe, Hôpital Saint Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.

We report a case of primary Epstein-Barr virus infection with lung involvement occurring 1 month after bone marrow transplantation. The transplant recipient had serological test results that were negative for Epstein-Barr virus before transplantation. The virus must have been transmitted by the donor's bone marrow, which was positive for Epstein-Barr virus. The patient recovered after rituximab and corticosteroid therapy.

Published 30 August 2006 in Clin Infect Dis, 43(7): 892-5.
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