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.

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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