title: [Sudden death of a two-year-old boy with influenza A virus infection: study of an autopsy case].
abstract: Influenza A virus infections are common in childhood and infancy and are often underdiagnosed while serious or lethal forms are rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case of sudden death in a two-year-old boy. Pathologic findings at autopsy were consistent with Myxovirus influenzae A virus infection and the virus was isolated by post mortem PCR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the case of sudden death in infants, especially if pathologic findings are compatible with a viral infection, PCR may allow identification of the causative virus.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie pathologique, centre hospitalier universitaire, 29609 Brest, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marcorelles
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Freymuth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rambaud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gardach
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Legrand-Quillien
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lagarde
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction