A Nonfatal Case of Dobrava Hantavirus Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome Combined with Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome

Shemsedin Dreshaj; Lindita Ajazaj; Nderim Hasani; Bahrije Halili; Albina Ponosheci; Xhevat Jakupi

doi:10.4103/jgid.jgid_12_17

A Nonfatal Case of Dobrava Hantavirus Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome Combined with Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome

J Glob Infect Dis. 2018 Jan-Mar;10(1):22-25. doi: 10.4103/jgid.jgid_12_17.

Authors

Shemsedin Dreshaj¹, Lindita Ajazaj¹, Nderim Hasani¹, Bahrije Halili¹, Albina Ponosheci¹, Xhevat Jakupi²

Affiliations

¹ Prishtina University Clinical Center Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Infectious Diseases Clinic, Prishtina, Kosovo.
² Institute of Public Health, Prishtina, Kosovo.

Abstract

Among hantaviruses (HTNV), 22 are known as pathogenic for humans. HTNV can cause two clinical entities: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome or hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS). In most countries of Eastern Europe as well as in Kosovo, HTNV infection is presented mainly as HFRS. Here, we report a 20-year-old man with HFRS and HCPS caused by Dobrava hantavirus strain, successfully treated in Intensive Care Unit of Infectious Diseases Clinic, University Clinical Center of Kosovo. In HFRS endemic areas, patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome need to be evaluated for Dobrava hantavirus strain as a possible causative agent.

Keywords: Dobrava hantavirus; Kosovo; hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome; hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports