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cord-254770-ot9ys10r	Uçkay, Ilker	Low incidence of severe respiratory syncytial virus infections in lung transplant recipients despite the absence of specific therapy	2009-10-17		.txt	text/plain	2666	165	40	20 In Switzerland, pre-emptive therapy in cases of low-grade immunosuppression, prophylaxis in severe immunosuppression, and combined treatment with immunoglobulin (Ig), ribavirin, and palivizumab in cases of proven infection have been suggested for both BMT recipients and LTRs. 20 To get a better overview on the clinical evolution of RSV infections in LTRs we retrospectively searched our virology reports and identified 10 adult LTRs with proven lower respiratory tract RSV infection. Two patients were treated with ribavirin for 7 days (orally with 1,600 mg/day or intravenously with 10 mg/kg 3 times daily) concomitant with intravenous palivizumab (a single dose of 15 mg/kg) ( Table 1) , including Patient 3, who required anti-thymocyte globulins for non-responding conThe detection of RSV by PCR in respiratory secretions is highly sensitive and specific, 24 and is currently considered the best available test for the diagnosis of respiratory tract infections in adult lung transplant recipients.	./cache/cord-254770-ot9ys10r.txt	./txt/cord-254770-ot9ys10r.txt