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

B Kirshon; S Faro; R K Zurawin; T C Samo; R J Carpenter

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

J Reprod Med. 1988 Apr;33(4):399-401.

Authors

B Kirshon¹, S Faro, R K Zurawin, T C Samo, R J Carpenter

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.

PMID: 3367344

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Amantadine / therapeutic use*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Influenza A virus / isolation & purification
Influenza, Human / drug therapy*
Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy*
Pregnancy Outcome
Ribavirin / therapeutic use*
Ribonucleosides / therapeutic use*

Substances

Ribonucleosides
Ribavirin
Amantadine