Favorable outcome after treatment with amantadine and ribavirin in a pregnancy complicated by influenza pneumonia. A case report.

  • 1 April 1988
    • journal article
    • case report
    • Vol. 33  (4) , 399-401
Abstract
The moderate impairment of cell-mediated immunity that occurs in pregnancy justifies concern when a pregnant woman develops influenza. We treated a woman for influenza pneumonia with respiratory failure at 33 weeks' gestation with oral amantadine and ribavirin inhalation therapy in conjunction with evacuation of the uterus and delivery.

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