Fatal pneumonia associated with human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in a patient with myeloid leukemia and adenocarcinoma in the lung.
We describe a clinical case of a 59 old caucasian male who was delivered to the hospital for severe pneumonia associated to human metapneumovirus. The patient suffered from a leukemia and an adenocarcinoma in the lung and died two weeks after submission due to fatal respiratory failure.
Müller
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A
Kupfer
B
B
Vehreschild
J
J
Cornely
O
O
Kaiser
R
R
Seifert
H
H
Viazov
S
S
Tillmann
R L
RL
Franzen
C
C
Simon
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Schildgen
Oliver
O
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology