[Hantavirus infection associated to a staphylococcal sepsis. Report of one case].
We report a previously healthy 36-year-old mole who developed a pulmonary syndrome caused by Hantavirus infection. He was admitted to an intensive care unit in shock and respiratory failure and died four hours after admission. Blood cultures were positive for Staphylococcus aureus. This patient could be an index case that shows, for the first time, an association of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome with Staphylococcus aureus infection similar to what happens with other viruses.
Riquelme O
Raúl
R
Hospital de Puerto Montt, Chile. raul@telsur.cl
Rasse
Germán
G
Rioseco Z
María Luisa
ML
Moreno
Carlos
C
Mauad
Thais
T
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus