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Background:
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia is one of the most important infections in immunocompromised host. Immunosuppressive therapy plays a major role in reactivation of CMV.
Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, SBUMS
Pneumonitis Due to Cytomegalovirus in an Immunocompromised Patient
Author(s):
Davood Yadegarynia1, 
Farhad Abbasi1,*, Mehrdad Haghighi1, Soolmaz Korooni Fardkhani1, Sina Yadegarynia11Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University, M.C., Tehran, IR Iran
Article type:Case Report
How to Cite:Davood YadegaryniaFarhad AbbasiMehrdad HaghighiSoolmaz Korooni FardkhaniSina YadegaryniaPneumonitis Due to Cytomegalovirus in an Immunocompromised Patient.Arch Clin Infect Dis.4(4):238-240.
Abstract
Patient:
The patient was a 56-year old lady, known case of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), had been taking prednisolone and chlorambucil, who presented with dyspnea and productive cough. After bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) and CT-guided biopsy, CMV pneumonia was diagnosed.
Conclusion:
CMV should be suspected as a cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised patient and diagnosis may require invasive procedures.
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