title: Human bocavirus as the cause of a life-threatening infection.
abstract: Human bocavirus is a recently described respiratory pathogen. A case of a life-threatening human bocavirus infection of a previously healthy pediatric patient is described. An initial clinical presentation of acute bronchiolitis developed into an extremely severe course of disease characterized by pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and acute respiratory failure with pronounced air-leak syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. tina.ursic@mf.uni-lj.si
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ursic
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steyer
authors.forename: Silvester
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kopriva
authors.forename: Gorazd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kalan
authors.forename: Uros
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Krivec
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrovec
mesh_terms: D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D056661:Human bocavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D010949:Plasma / Q000821:virology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D019562:Viral Load
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral