Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in an Adolescent from North Dakota.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
; 43(6): e212-e214, 2024 Jun 01.
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ABSTRACT
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome remains an uncommon yet emerging viral zoonosis that causes respiratory failure and hemodynamic instability in children and adolescents. Due to its acutely progressive course and high mortality rate, clinicians treating hantavirus pulmonary syndrome should understand its epidemiologic risk factors, clinical syndrome and radiographic findings. We present a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a 14-year-old female from North Dakota who survived the infection without sequelae.
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Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus
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2024
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