Cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a pediatric patient with solid tumor

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is an important cause of
morbidity and mortality in immunosuppressed patients. CMV
infection is mostly encountered in children undergoing highdose
chemotherapy and transplantation. Though the
chemotherapy for solid tumor is an immunosuppressed state,
CMV infection has been reported infrequently in children
with solid tumors. In this paper, a child diagnosed with neuroblastoma
who was treated with conventional chemotherapy
and developed CMV pneumonia is presented. The patient was
treated with intravenous ganciclovir in the pediatric intensive
care unit, but died one week later.

Keywords: Ganciclovir; pneumonia; cytomegalovirus