Fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia caused by human metapneumovirus in an immunocompetent child

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 589-591

  Donoso, Alejandro F ^a,c   León, José A ^a   Camacho, Jorge F ^a   Cruces, Pablo I ^a   Ferrés, Marcela ^b  

^a HOSPITAL PADRE HURTADO   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acute distress respiratory syndrome; Human metapneumovirus; Immunocompetent; Pneumonia; Post mortem necropsy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; DOPAMINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DEATH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOCK; SYMPTOM; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 50249091562     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02673.x     Document Type: Article

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