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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Human Adenovirus in Immunocompetent Adults: A Multicenter Case Series.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Tan Dingyu, Zhu Huadong, Fu Yangyang, Tong Fei, Yao Dongqi, Walline Joseph, Xu Jun, Yu Xuezhong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by human adenovirus (HAdV), especially HAdV type 55 (HAdV-55) in immunocompetent adults has raised increasing concerns. Clinical knowledge of severe CAP and acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by HAdV-55 is still limited, though the pathogen has been fully characterized by whole-genome sequencing. METHODS: We conducted a multicentre...
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