Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia Precipitating Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in an Adult Patient.

ards (acute respiratory distress syndrome) human metapneumovirus (hmpv) immunocompromised patient pulmonary and critical care medicine severe respiratory failure

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2021
Historique:
accepted: 17 07 2021
entrez: 19 7 2021
pubmed: 20 7 2021
medline: 20 7 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is often due to direct lung injury, trauma, surgery, or infection. Making a definitive diagnosis may be difficult initially, as clinical manifestations are nonspecific until the disease progresses. We present a case of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) pulmonary infection precipitating ARDS. A 51-year-old woman presented with one week of pleuritic chest pain, dyspnea, wheezing, subjective fever, and productive cough prior to presentation. Her medical history was significant for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with an unknown CD4 count and viral load, pulmonary sarcoidosis, asthma, and being an active smoker. On admission, the patient was dyspneic and using accessory muscles to breathe. She was afebrile and hypotensive. Physical examination revealed bilateral diffuse crackles. Her white blood cell (WBC) count was 7.7 K/mcL. A chest radiograph demonstrated bilateral lung opacifications suggestive of pneumonia, possibly

Identifiants

pubmed: 34277314
doi: 10.7759/cureus.16434
pmc: PMC8285670
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e16434

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021, Tran et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Dena H Tran (DH)

Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus, Baltimore, USA.

Muhammad Sameed (M)

Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus, Baltimore, USA.

Ellen T Marciniak (ET)

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.

Avelino C Verceles (AC)

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.

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