Severe respiratory failure due to co-infection with human metapneumovirus and Streptococcus pneumoniae

Severe respiratory failure due to co-infection with human metapneumovirus and Streptococcus pneumoniae

A 64-year-old male patient was admitted with respiratory failure, although chest X-rays revealed only mild bronchiolitis. Streptococcus pneumoniae, which usually presents as massive lobular pneumonia, was isolated from sputum, however, pan-pathogen screening using a next-generation sequencer also de...

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Main Authors: Masafumi Seki, Hisao Yoshida, Kazuyoshi Gotoh, Nobuyuki Hamada, Daisuke Motooka, Shota Nakamura, Norihisa Yamamoto, Shigeto Hamaguchi, Yukihiro Akeda, Hiroshi Watanabe, Tetsuya Iida, Kazunori Tomono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Subjects:
Human metapneumovirus
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Next-generation sequencer
Real-time PCR
Co-infection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007114000100

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