Adenovirus pneumonia with severe sequelae in an immunocompetent adult.
Notable complications from adenovirus pneumonia in healthy adults are rare. We report a well-documented case of adenovirus type 3 infection in a previously well adult woman that resulted in severe pulmonary complications as well as self-limited ocular, hepatic, and gastrointestinal abnormalities.
Zarraga
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Section of Infectious Diseases, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia 25703.
Kerns
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Kitchen
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D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000328:Adult; D003236:Conjunctivitis, Viral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed