title: Fatal pneumonia associated with human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in a patient with myeloid leukemia and adenocarcinoma in the lung.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kupfer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vehreschild
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cornely
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Viazov
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Tillmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franzen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schildgen
mesh_terms: 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