Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Complicating Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: Case Report and Review

1 July 1995

journal article
case report
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Vol. 21 (1) , 206-209
https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/21.1.206

Abstract

We report a case involving a young adult who had life-threatening bilateral pneumonitis in the course of an acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Because of severe hypoxemia, the patient required mechanical ventilation and additional oxygenation by an intravascular oxygenator. The patient was treated with corticosteroids and survived without sequelae. Severe pulmonary involvement associated with EBV infection is a rare but potentially fatal complication of infectious mononucleosis. Similar cases reported in the literature are reviewed, and the therapeutic options for this particular complication are discussed.

Keywords

EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS
RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY
HERPESVIRUS 4
HUMAN
LUNG
ALVEOLAR VENTILATION FUNCTION
ADRENAL CORTICOSTEROIDS
GLUCOCORTICOIDS
MONONUCLEOSIS
INFECTIOUS
OXYGENATORS
PNEUMONIA
INFECTION
MINERALOCORTICOIDS
CELL RESPIRATION
MECHANICAL VENTILATION
YOUNG ADULT
HYPOXEMIA

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