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Rhinovirus Associated Severe Respiratory Failure in Immunocompetent Adult Patient

Rhinovirus infection is typically associated with the common cold and has rarely been reported as a cause of severe pneumonia in immunocompetent adults. A 55-year-old previous healthy woman, who consumed half a bottle of alcohol daily, presented with respiratory failure after one week of upper respi...

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Autores principales: Kim, Kiwook, Song, Yeon Han, Park, Joo-Hyun, Park, Hye Kyeong, Kim, Su Young, Jung, Hun, Lee, Sung-Soon, Koo, Hyeon-Kyoung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309608
http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2014.77.3.132
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Sumario:Rhinovirus infection is typically associated with the common cold and has rarely been reported as a cause of severe pneumonia in immunocompetent adults. A 55-year-old previous healthy woman, who consumed half a bottle of alcohol daily, presented with respiratory failure after one week of upper respiratory infection symptoms. Radiography revealed bilateral, diffuse ground glass opacity with patchy consolidation in the whole lung field; bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis indicated that rhinovirus was the causative organism. After five days of conservative support, the symptoms and radiographic findings began to improve. We report this rare case of rhinovirus pneumonia in an otherwise healthy host along with a review of references.