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- Title
Severe Human Metapneumovirus and Group A Streptococcus Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Adult.
- Authors
Biggs, Holly M; Beneden, Chris A Van; Kurkjian, Katie; Kobayashi, Miwako; Peret, Teresa C T; Watson, John T; Schneider, Eileen; Gerber, Susan I; Ravishankar, Jayashree
- 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.
- Subjects
ANTIBIOTICS; PNEUMONIA diagnosis; ASTHMA; COMPUTED tomography; IMMUNE response; IMMUNOCOMPETENT cells; PNEUMONIA; ADULT respiratory distress syndrome; STREPTOCOCCAL diseases; RNA virus infections
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 70, Issue 12, p2712
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciz961