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Volume 25, Number 1—January 2019
Synopsis

Clinical and Radiologic Characteristics of Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Adults, South Korea

Hyun Jung Koo, Han Na Lee, Sang-Ho Choi, Heungsup Sung, Hwa Jung Kim, and Kyung-Hyun DoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (H.J. Koo, S.H. Choi, H. Sung, H.J. Kim, K.-H. Do); Kyung Hee University Hospitalat Gangdong, Seoul, South Korea (H.N. Lee)

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Analysis of 38-year-old woman in South Korea who underwent liver transplantation 2 months earlier, followed by immunosuppressant therapy, who visited the emergency department because of dyspnea, chills, and fever. A) Initial chest radiograph showing bilateral peribronchial infiltration in the central areas of both lungs and minimal pleural effusion. B) Five days later, the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit and underwent intubation because of progressive dyspnea. Radiograph showed e

Figure 5. Imaging of 38-year-old woman in South Korea who underwent liver transplantation 2 months earlier, followed by immunosuppressant therapy, who visited the emergency department because of dyspnea, chills, and fever. A) Initial chest radiograph showing bilateral peribronchial infiltration in the central areas of both lungs and minimal pleural effusion. B) Five days later, the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit and underwent intubation because of progressive dyspnea. Radiograph showed extensive bilateral peribronchial nodular infiltrates. C, D) Computed tomography performed on the same day as in panel B showing multifocal peribronchial nodular consolidation (arrows), ground-glass opacities (arrowheads), and irregular small nodules, along with small amounts of bilateral pleural effusion. The patient was given ribavirin and prophylactic antimicrobial drugs and recovered after 10 days in the intensive care unit.

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