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
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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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author Fok, Anthony
Mateevici, Cristina
Lin, Belinda
Chandra, Ronil V.
Chong, Victor H.T.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-46222502015-11-02 Encephalitis-Associated Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia in Adult, Australia Fok, Anthony Mateevici, Cristina Lin, Belinda Chandra, Ronil V. Chong, Victor H.T. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4622250/ /pubmed/26488420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.150608 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Fok, Anthony
Mateevici, Cristina
Lin, Belinda
Chandra, Ronil V.
Chong, Victor H.T.
Encephalitis-Associated Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia in Adult, Australia
title Encephalitis-Associated Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia in Adult, Australia
title_full Encephalitis-Associated Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia in Adult, Australia
title_fullStr Encephalitis-Associated Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia in Adult, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Encephalitis-Associated Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia in Adult, Australia
title_short Encephalitis-Associated Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia in Adult, Australia
title_sort encephalitis-associated human metapneumovirus pneumonia in adult, australia
topic Dispatch
url 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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