Influenza A Infection Unmasking an Underlying Mitral Valve Stenosis in a 19-Year-Old Boy

Infection with Influenza virus is uncommon in the present times, though a number of cases were reported during pandemics in 1918 in various regions of America. We report a case where a young male patient presented to the hospital with a clinical picture of acute respiratory distress syndrome that tu...

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Autores principales: Nandwani, Shafali, Pande, Apurva, Saluja, Mahip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3894040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24479080
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.117427
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Sumario:Infection with Influenza virus is uncommon in the present times, though a number of cases were reported during pandemics in 1918 in various regions of America. We report a case where a young male patient presented to the hospital with a clinical picture of acute respiratory distress syndrome that turned out to be a viral pneumonia caused by Influenza A virus and it aggravated an underlying yet undiagnosed mitral valve stenosis.

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