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A Case of Severe Enterovirus Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Adult

면역기능이 정상인 성인에서 발생한 Enterovirus 중증 폐렴 1예

  • Lee, Dong Won (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Choi, Eun Young (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
  • 이동원 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
  • 최은영 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실)
  • Received : 2012.09.17
  • Accepted : 2013.04.29
  • Published : 2013.06.30

Abstract

Enterovirus commonly causes neurologic diseases (aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, etc.), hand-foot-mouth disease, herpangina, and acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis. However, it rarely causes pneumonia in immunocompetent adults. In Korea, no case has been reported about pneumonia caused by enterovirus in healthy adults. We can cite the case of a 20-year-old woman who presented severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by enterovirus. The diagnosis was based on reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of a respiratory specimen.

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