Table 1.

Documented respiratory virus infections in adult leukemia or bone marrow transplantation (BMT) patients at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.*

Number of InfectionsNumber of Pneumonia (%)Number of Deaths (%)
*Reprinted from 41, with permission from Elsevier Publications. 
Respiratory Syncytial Virus 
Leukemia 22 13 (59) 7 (32) 
BMT 33 20 (61) 12 (36) 
Influenza Virus 
Leukemia 27 21 (78) 9 (33) 
BMT 20 14 (70) 5 (25) 
Parainfluenza Virus 
Leukemia 6 (67) 4 (44) 
BMT 45 26 (58) 10 (22) 
Number of InfectionsNumber of Pneumonia (%)Number of Deaths (%)
*Reprinted from 41, with permission from Elsevier Publications. 
Respiratory Syncytial Virus 
Leukemia 22 13 (59) 7 (32) 
BMT 33 20 (61) 12 (36) 
Influenza Virus 
Leukemia 27 21 (78) 9 (33) 
BMT 20 14 (70) 5 (25) 
Parainfluenza Virus 
Leukemia 6 (67) 4 (44) 
BMT 45 26 (58) 10 (22) 

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