A case of successful treatment with polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column direct hemoperfusion in acute respiratory distress syndrome after influenza A infection

Intern Med. 2011;50(6):601-5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4604. Epub 2011 Mar 15.

Abstract

We report a case of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) after influenza A infection who was successfully treated with combined treatment including direct hemoperfusion with polymyxin B-immobilized fiber (PMX-DHP) column. A 56-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital in January 2010 because of progressive dyspnea, hypoxemia, fever and bilateral diffuse infiltration on chest radiograph after pandemic influenza A infection. His chest computed tomography showed diffuse and patchy bilateral ground-glass opacities, and we diagnosed ARDS after influenza A infection. The patient was successfully treated with PMX-DHP in addition to the treatment with oseltamivir, corticosteroid, sivelestat and antibiotics with mechanical ventilation, and the patient recovered with only minor pulmonary fibrotic change. Although the efficacy of PMX-DHP treatment in patients with acute lung injury (ALI)/ARDS after influenza virus infection is not well established, this treatment could be a possible therapeutic modality in treating the patients with this disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Hemoperfusion / methods*
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype*
  • Influenza, Human / complications
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis
  • Influenza, Human / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymyxin B / therapeutic use*
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / etiology
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Polymyxin B