Author/Editor     Uršič, Tina; Steyer, Andrej; Kopriva, Silvester; Kalan, Gorazd; Krivec, Uroš; Petrovec, Miroslav
Title     Human bocavirus as the cause of a life-threatening infection
Type     članek
Source     J Clin Microbiol
Vol. and No.     Letnik 49, št. 3
Publication year     2011
Volume     str. 1179-81
Language     eng
Abstract     Human bocavirus is a recently described respiratory pathogen. A case of a life-threatening human bocavirus infection of a previously healthy pediatric patient is described. An initial clinical presentation of acute bronchiolitis developed into an extremely severe course of disease characterized by pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and acute respiratory failure with pronounced air-leak syndrome.
Descriptors     RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
VIRAL LOAD
BRONCHIOLITIS
DISEASE PROGRESSION
PNEUMOTHORAX
PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM, DIAGNOSTIC
MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA
RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY
RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL
CRITICAL ILLNESS
INFANT