Disseminated rhinovirus C8 infection with infectious virus in blood and fatal outcome in a child with repeated episodes of bronchiolitis

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 May;53(5):1775-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03484-14. Epub 2015 Feb 18.

Abstract

We report a fatal case of acute lower respiratory tract disease with human rhinovirus C (HRV-C) as the unique cause in a 19-month-old girl with a history of repeated episodes of bronchiolitis. HRV-C type 8 nucleic acids were observed in respiratory, stool, and cerebrospinal fluid samples, and infectious virions were isolated from patient serum after inoculation onto reconstituted airway epithelia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Blood / virology*
  • Bronchiolitis / complications
  • Bronchiolitis / etiology*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / virology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Feces / virology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Picornaviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Picornaviridae Infections / pathology
  • Picornaviridae Infections / virology*
  • Respiratory System / virology
  • Rhinovirus / classification
  • Rhinovirus / genetics
  • Rhinovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Viremia / diagnosis*
  • Viremia / pathology
  • Viremia / virology*
  • Virus Cultivation