cytomegalovirus pneumonia

cytomegalovirus pneumonia
a type of viral pneumonia seen as an opportunistic infection with a cytomegalovirus in immunocompromised patients; symptoms include fever, a nonproductive cough, dyspnea, and hypoxemia that can be fatal.

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