Case Report
A Case of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in an HIV-Positive Adult
Table 1
Previous case reports of RSV in HIV-positive adults.
| Study | CD4 count at presentation (cells/cu mm) | Diagnostic technique | RSV-specific management |
| Murphy and Rose [5] | 170 | Culture of bronchial washings | None | Sriskandan and Shaunak [6] | 130 | Immunofluorescence of bronchial lavage | Ribavirin | Voigt et al. [3] | 8 |
RT-PCRa | None | Cunha et al. [4] | 43 | Bronchoscopy washings cytology | None | Our study | 409 | Bronchial lavage ELISAb |
IVIGc |
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aRT-PCR: reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. bELISA: enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. cIVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin.
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