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Hantavirus infection associated to a staphylococcal sepsis. Report of one case
Fecha
2010Registro en:
REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE, v.138, n.3, p.338-340, 2010
0034-9887
Autor
RIQUELMEO, Raul
RASSE, German
RIOSECO, Maria Luisa
MORENO, Carlos
MAUAD, Thais
Institución
Resumen
We report a previously healthy 36-year-old male who developed a pulmonary syndrome caused by Hantavirus infection He was admitted to an intensive care unit in shock awl respiratory failure and died four hours after admission. Blood cultures were positive for Staphylococcus aureus This patient could be an index case that shows, for the first time, an association of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome with Staphylococcus nitwits infection similar to what happens with other viruses (Rev Med Chile 2010, 138: 338-340).