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http://dx.doi.org/10.14776/piv.2017.24.3.188

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Complicated by Extrapulmonary Manifestations  

Jung, Jae Ho (Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung University School of Medicine)
Kim, Yun Kyum (Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung University School of Medicine)
Choi, Hee Joung (Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung University School of Medicine)
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Pediatric Infection and Vaccine / v.24, no.3, 2017 , pp. 188-192 More about this Journal
Abstract
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) typically causes lower respiratory tract infections in children, and most patients recover successfully. However, some infants and young children can have a severe course of disease with respiratory failure, and extrapulmonary manifestations can occur in severe RSV disease. We report one case of severe RSV bronchiolitis complicated with acute myocarditis, fulminant hepatic failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulation.
Keywords
Respiratory syncytial viruses; Myocarditis; Liver failure;
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