Influenza a infection unmasking an underlying mitral valve stenosis in a 19-year-old boy.
Infection with Influenza virus is uncommon in the present times, though a number of cases were reported during pandemics in 1918 in various regions of America. We report a case where a young male patient presented to the hospital with a clinical picture of acute respiratory distress syndrome that turned out to be a viral pneumonia caused by Influenza A virus and it aggravated an underlying yet undiagnosed mitral valve stenosis.
Department of Medicine, Subharti Institute of Medical Sciences, Subhartipuram, NH-58, Delhi-Haridwar-Meerut Bypass Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Shafali
S
Nandwani
Department of Medicine, Subharti Institute of Medical Sciences, Subhartipuram, NH-58, Delhi-Haridwar-Meerut Bypass Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Apurva
A
Pande
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Subharti Institute of Medical Sciences, Subhartipuram, NH-58, Delhi-Haridwar-Meerut Bypass Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Mahip
M
Saluja
Guillain-barre syndrome; Staphylococcus aureus; influenza A; mitral valve stenosis; pandemics; reye's syndrome