Life-threatening respiratory tract disease with human bocavirus-1 infection in a 4-year-old child

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb;50(2):531-2. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05706-11. Epub 2011 Nov 30.

Abstract

The disease spectrum associated with human bocavirus-1 infection remains to be fully defined. We report a case of bocavirus-1-associated bronchiolitis, leading to severe respiratory failure and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a 4-year-old child, and suggest blood testing for human bocavirus-1 in children with severe respiratory tract infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchiolitis / complications
  • Bronchiolitis / diagnosis*
  • Bronchiolitis / pathology
  • Bronchiolitis / virology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Female
  • Human bocavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / pathology
  • Parvoviridae Infections / virology*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / pathology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / virology*