A Case of Severe Enterovirus Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Adult

Lee, Dong Won; Choi, Eun Young

doi:10.12701/yujm.2013.30.1.58

Case Report


Yeungnam Univ J Med. 2013 Jun;30(1):58-61. Korean. Published online June 30, 2013. https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2013.30.1.58
Copyright © 2013 Yeungnam University College of Medicine


A Case of Severe Enterovirus Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Adult
Dong Won Lee and Eun Young Choi
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.
Corresponding Author: Eun Young Choi, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, 170 Hyeonchung-ro, Namgu, Daegu 705-703, Korea. Tel: 82-53-623-3828, Fax: 82-53-620-3849, Email: letact@hanmail.net

Received September 17, 2012; Revised April 24, 2013; Accepted April 29, 2013.

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Enterovirus commonly causes neurologic diseases (aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, etc.), hand-foot-mouth disease, herpangina, and acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis. However, it rarely causes pneumonia in immunocompetent adults. In Korea, no case has been reported about pneumonia caused by enterovirus in healthy adults. We can cite the case of a 20-year-old woman who presented severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by enterovirus. The diagnosis was based on reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of a respiratory specimen.


Keywords: Enterovirus; Pneumonia; Adult

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Figures


	Fig. 1 The initial chest radiograph shows patchy consolidation in both lower lung fields.
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	Fig. 2 Initial chest computed tomography scan of the patient shows dense consolidation at right lower lobe and left hemothorax.
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	Fig. 3 The last chest radiograph does not show patchy consolidation in both lung fields.
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