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cord-018319-tylkbh4h	Chemaly, Roy F.	Respiratory Viruses	2011-01-04		.txt	text/plain	8852	467	37	Historically, the most common causes of respiratory infections in cancer patients were thought to be opportunistic bacteria and fungi, but newer diagnostic methods have revealed that respiratory viruses can cause serious morbidity and mortality in such patients, including leukemia patients and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. Many viruses are known to cause respiratory tract infections, but the most common in hospitalized cancer patients are influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and parainfluenza viruses (PIV) [1, 2] . Although the combination of ribavirin and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) or palivizumab has not been evaluated in a randomized trial, it is sometimes used in severely ill patients with RSV pneumonia, especially HSCT recipients, given that they have high mortality rates from this infection [3, 11, 14] . However, because other viruses can produce the same syndrome and influenza infection can produce other respiratory syndromes, a confirmatory test detecting the virus or viral antigens in nasal washes, throat swabs, respiratory tract secretions, or bronchoalveolar lavage specimens is needed in sporadic cases and in immunocompromised patients.	./cache/cord-018319-tylkbh4h.txt	./txt/cord-018319-tylkbh4h.txt