Severe community acquired adenovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent host successfully treated with IV Cidofovir

Adenovirus is a common cause of acute febrile respiratory infection in children and are generally self-limiting although pneumonia can occur in neonates and adults with compromised immunity. However, severe adenovirus pneumonia in healthy adults has been rarely described. Here, we report a case of s...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Joseph, Yap, Ashton, Wu, Eric, Low, Chian Yong, Yap, Jane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7078434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32195107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101037
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author Zhao, Joseph
Yap, Ashton
Wu, Eric
Low, Chian Yong
Yap, Jane
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Yap, Ashton
Wu, Eric
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Yap, Jane
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description Adenovirus is a common cause of acute febrile respiratory infection in children and are generally self-limiting although pneumonia can occur in neonates and adults with compromised immunity. However, severe adenovirus pneumonia in healthy adults has been rarely described. Here, we report a case of severe community-acquired adenovirus pneumonia in a previously healthy patient successfully treated with intravenous Cidofovir.
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spelling pubmed-70784342020-03-19 Severe community acquired adenovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent host successfully treated with IV Cidofovir Zhao, Joseph Yap, Ashton Wu, Eric Low, Chian Yong Yap, Jane Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Adenovirus is a common cause of acute febrile respiratory infection in children and are generally self-limiting although pneumonia can occur in neonates and adults with compromised immunity. However, severe adenovirus pneumonia in healthy adults has been rarely described. Here, we report a case of severe community-acquired adenovirus pneumonia in a previously healthy patient successfully treated with intravenous Cidofovir. Elsevier 2020-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7078434/ /pubmed/32195107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101037 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Zhao, Joseph
Yap, Ashton
Wu, Eric
Low, Chian Yong
Yap, Jane
Severe community acquired adenovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent host successfully treated with IV Cidofovir
title Severe community acquired adenovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent host successfully treated with IV Cidofovir
title_full Severe community acquired adenovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent host successfully treated with IV Cidofovir
title_fullStr Severe community acquired adenovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent host successfully treated with IV Cidofovir
title_full_unstemmed Severe community acquired adenovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent host successfully treated with IV Cidofovir
title_short Severe community acquired adenovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent host successfully treated with IV Cidofovir
title_sort severe community acquired adenovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent host successfully treated with iv cidofovir
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7078434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32195107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101037
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