title: Transient acute adrenal insufficiency associated with adenovirus serotype 40 infection.
abstract: We present an instance of a 6-year-old boy who was admitted with adenovirus infection and developed transient acute adrenal insufficiency, which required supplementation with glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids for 8 weeks. Adenovirus has got adrenotropic potential and can cause adrenal insufficiency. We could not find any similar reported case in medical literature. We hope our case would add to the existing knowledge of adenoviral complications in paediatric patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, Ireland.
authors.forename: Birendra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Wishaw General Hospital, Wishaw, UK.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Varun
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, Ireland.
authors.forename: Ibraheem
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Krebit
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000150:complications*; D000309:Adrenal Insufficiency / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male