A 72-Year-Old Woman With Respiratory Failure and Bilateral Ground-Glass Opacities

A 72-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea on exertion. Sputum cytologic evaluation revealed intranuclear inclusion bodies in the cells; we therefore considered viral pneumonia and performed a bronchoscopy. The bronchial washing fluid was positive for...

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Autores principales: Baba, Yuri, Ishiguro, Takashi, Gochi, Mina, Shimizu, Yoshihiko, Takayanagi, Noboru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7330554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32654738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2019.11.054
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Sumario:A 72-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea on exertion. Sputum cytologic evaluation revealed intranuclear inclusion bodies in the cells; we therefore considered viral pneumonia and performed a bronchoscopy. The bronchial washing fluid was positive for immunoperoxidase staining of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) and HSV1 polymerase chain reaction. The patient was diagnosed as having pneumonia due to HSV1 and was successfully treated with acyclovir.

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