title: Fatal human bocavirus infection in an 18-month-old child with chronic lung disease of prematurity.
abstract: A fatal case of human bocavirus 1 pulmonary infection in an 18-month-old prematurely born child is described. Despite conventional and oscillatory ventilatory support, intractable hyperinflation developed with bilateral pneumothorax and acute cardiac failure 3 days after the onset of respiratory symptoms.
authors.affiliation: From the *Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška; †Unit for pulmonary diseases; and ‡Department of Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Bohoričeva, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uršič
authors.forename: Uroš
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Krivec
authors.forename: Gorazd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kalan
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrovec
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D056661:Human bocavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology