Pediatr Allergy Respir Dis.
2010 Mar;20(1):76-80.
Fatal and Near-fatal Cases of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection with Human Rhinovirus Group A
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Asthma and Allergy Center, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea. kimck@paik.ac.kr
Abstract
- Human rhinoviruses (HRV) mostly cause mild and self-limiting upper respiratory tract infections. We report 2 infants with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, 1 of whom deteriorated to death. The causal pathogen was HRV group A confirmed by multiplex-PCR. In Korea, this is the first report of severe respiratory failure caused by HRV group A during the same season.
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