Giant cell (Hecht's) pneumonia is due to -: (A) CMV, (B) Measles, (C) Malaria, (D) P. Carinii
Answer is B. Most patients recover uneventfully but quite a few develop complication which may be due to virus or secondary bacterial infection. Rarely the virus may cause fatal giant cell pneumonia. REF:ANANTHANARAYAN AND PANIKER'S TEXTBOOK OF MICROBIOLOGY 9TH EDITION PAGE NO:512