Encephalitis-Associated Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia in Adult, Australia

Human metapneumovirus pneumonia, most commonly found in children, was diagnosed in an adult with encephalitis. This case suggests that testing for human metapneumovirus RNA in nasopharyngeal aspirate and cerebrospinal fluid samples should be considered in adults with encephalitis who have a precedin...

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Autores principales: Fok, Anthony, Mateevici, Cristina, Lin, Belinda, Chandra, Ronil V., Chong, Victor H.T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26488420
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.150608
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Sumario:Human metapneumovirus pneumonia, most commonly found in children, was diagnosed in an adult with encephalitis. This case suggests that testing for human metapneumovirus RNA in nasopharyngeal aspirate and cerebrospinal fluid samples should be considered in adults with encephalitis who have a preceding respiratory infection,

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