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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Biggs, Holly M
• Van Beneden, Chris A
• Kurkjian, Katie
• Kobayashi, Miwako
• Peret, Teresa C T
• Watson, John T
• Schneider, Eileen
• Gerber, Susan I
• Ravishankar, Jayashree

Titel

Severe Human Metapneumovirus and Group A Streptococcus Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Adult

Ist Teil von

• Clinical infectious diseases, 2020-06, Vol.70 (12), p.2712-2714

Ort / Verlag

US: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract An immunocompetent adult with asthma developed severe human metapneumovirus (HMPV) illness complicated by group A Streptococcus coinfection, progressing to acute respiratory distress syndrome and shock. Several coworkers had less severe HMPV infection. HMPV can cause severe respiratory illness in healthy adults and should be considered as a potential cause of community respiratory outbreaks.