Human Bocavirus as the Cause of a Life-Threatening Infection

Human Bocavirus as the Cause of a Life-Threatening Infection

Human bocavirus is a recently described respiratory pathogen. A case of a life-threatening human bocavirus infection of a previously healthy pediatric patient is described. An initial clinical presentation of acute bronchiolitis developed into an extremely severe course of disease characterized by p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2011-03, Vol.49 (3), p.1179-1181
Hauptverfasser: Uršič, Tina, Steyer, Andrej, Kopriva, Silvester, Kalan, Gorazd, Krivec, Uroš, Petrovec, Miroslav
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Bronchiolitis - complications
Bronchiolitis - diagnosis
Bronchiolitis - pathology
Bronchiolitis - virology
Case Reports
DNA, Viral - chemistry
DNA, Viral - genetics
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human bocavirus - isolation & purification
Humans
Infant
Mediastinal Emphysema - complications
Mediastinal Emphysema - diagnosis
Mediastinal Emphysema - pathology
Microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Parvoviridae Infections - diagnosis
Parvoviridae Infections - pathology
Plasma - virology
Pneumothorax - complications
Pneumothorax - diagnosis
Pneumothorax - pathology
Respiratory Insufficiency
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Viral Load
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Zusammenfassung:Human bocavirus is a recently described respiratory pathogen. A case of a life-threatening human bocavirus infection of a previously healthy pediatric patient is described. An initial clinical presentation of acute bronchiolitis developed into an extremely severe course of disease characterized by pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and acute respiratory failure with pronounced air-leak syndrome.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.02362-10