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cord-277327-il8uaavn	Couch, MD, Robert B.	Respiratory Viral Infections in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Persons	1997-03-17		.txt	text/plain	3712	207	33	At the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), infection surveillance of mostly hospitalized adults with leukemia or a recent bone marrow transplant yielded a respiratory virus from 181 of 668 (27.1%) respiratory illness episodes. The frequencies of pneumonia and death associated with a documented infection among immunocompromised adult leukemia and bone marrow transplant patients hospitalized at MDACC are shown in Table VII . Although overall frequencies of pneumonia and death appear similar for each virus, analysis of patterns of occurrences suggested a greater severity for RSV infection after bone marrow transplantation or chemotherapy than for the other viruses. Thus, the immune deficiencies described for immunocompromised persons can account for a high frequency of viral respiratory infections as well as an increased severity of illness and a significant risk of death. Combination therapy with aerosolized ribavirin and intravenous immunoglobulin for respiratory syncytial virus disease in adult bone marrow transplant recipients	./cache/cord-277327-il8uaavn.txt	./txt/cord-277327-il8uaavn.txt