Simultaneous viral infection and childhood bronchiolitis obliterans.
Lower respiratory tract infections by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are frequent in childhood. Association of RSV with bronchiolitis obliterans has rarely been established. We report a 13-month-old child with bronchiolitis obliterans following co-infection by RSV and adenovirus, and suggest that complicated evolution of an acute bronchiolitis case can indicate an association of pathogens.
Hirschheimer
Mário
M
Menino Jesus São Paulo City Children's Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil. msfsh@ajato.com.br
Silva
Paulo S L
PS
Giudici
Roseli
R
Carrilho
Milene
M
Mauad
Thais
T
Ishida
Maria
M
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents