Jun 14 2023 18 mins 1
RSV infection before or after bone marrow transplantation or CAR T-cell therapy can be challenging to manage. Tune in to hear experts Drs Forest Arnold and Melody Smith discuss.
Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/985979). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertisers. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.
Resources
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/971488-overview
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/208954-overview
Cancer Immunotherapy With Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2500108-overview
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network (RSV-NET) https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/research/rsv-net/index.html
Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection: Comparison of Reverse Transcription-PCR to Viral Culture and Serology in Adults With Respiratory Illness https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11880399/
Conditioning Regimen https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/conditioning-regimen
Ribavirin (Rx) https://reference.medscape.com/drug/rebetol-ribasphere-ribavirin-342625
FDA Approves First Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-vaccine
Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/429037-overview
Infections After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1013470-overview#a5
