Primary rhinovirus pneumonia in which bronchoalveolar lavage fluid yielded human rhinovirus | Zendy

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Primary rhinovirus pneumonia in which bronchoalveolar lavage fluid yielded human rhinovirus

Author(s) -

Takashi Ishiguro,

Yuki Yoshida,

Yasuhito Kobayashi,

Yoshihiko Shimizu,

Noboru Takayanagi

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

respiratory medicine case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42

H-Index - 14

ISSN - 2213-0071

DOI - 10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100910

Subject(s) - bronchoalveolar lavage , rhinovirus , medicine , bronchiolitis , respiratory tract , pneumonia , common cold , antibiotics , respiratory tract infections , immunology , pathology , respiratory system , lung , microbiology and biotechnology , virus , biology

A 27-year-old man presented to our hospital with symptoms of lower respiratory tract infection. This patient showed imaging findings of diffuse bronchiolitis, ground-glass opacities, and consolidations. Antibiotics were not effective, and we performed bronchoalveolar lavage, in which only human rhinovirus infection was detected by multiplex PCR testing.

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