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Rapid acute onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in a lung transplant recipient after respiratory syncytial virus infection
Article first published online: 1 JUN 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2012.00748.x
© 2012 John Wiley & Sons A/S
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D. Hayes Jr, H. M. Mansour, S. Kirkby, A.B. Phillips. Rapid acute onset of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in a lung transplant recipient after respiratory syncytial virus infection. Transpl Infect Dis 2012: 14: 548–550. All rights reserved
Publication History
- Issue published online: 26 SEP 2012
- Article first published online: 1 JUN 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 21 JAN 2012
- Manuscript Revised: 28 NOV 2011
- Manuscript Received: 10 OCT 2011
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Keywords:
- bronchiectasis;
- bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome;
- inhaled ribivirin;
- lung transplantation;
- respiratory syncytial virus
Abstract
Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) can have either an acute or chronic onset with an abrupt or insidious course. The diagnosis is typically achieved by physiological criteria with development of a sustained decline in expiratory flow rates for at least 3 weeks. We review the rapid development of acute BOS and bronchiectasis after respiratory syncytial virus infection in a lung transplant recipient, who had been doing well with normal pulmonary function for 3 years after lung transplantation.