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Ryu, Cho, Han, Jung, Yoon, Song, Lee, Kim, Lee, Kwak, and Lee: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Induced by Adenovirus in an Otherwise Healthy Woman
Case Report
Yonsei Medical Journal

Yonsei Medical Journal 2003; 44(4): 732-735.

Published online: 30 March 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2003.44.4.732

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Induced by Adenovirus in an Otherwise Healthy Woman

Jeong Seon Ryu1, Jae Hwa Cho1, Hye Seung Han2, Moon Hyun Jung1, Young Han Yoon3, Eun Seop Song4, Ji Young Lee1, Sung Youn Kim1, Kyoung Wook Lee1, Seung Min Kwak1, Hong Lyeol Lee1

1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.

2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Cheju National University, Cheju, Korea.

3Department of Chest Surgery, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.

4Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.

Reprint address: requests to Dr. Jeong-Seon Ryu, Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Division, Inha Univ. Hosp., 7-206, 3-ga, Shinheung-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon 400-103, Korea. Tel: 82-32-890-3738, Fax: 82-32-882-6578, jsryu@inha.ac.kr

Received 22 April 2002       Accepted 3 March 2003

Copyright © 2003 The Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by adenovirus is a rare event in healthy adults, especially in non-military settings. Although treatment with intravenous ribavirin has been reported, supportive care, including mechanical ventilation, is known to be the main stay in the treatment of ARDS caused by adenovirus, with high-dose steroid treatment having rarely been reported. We report our experience with a 41-year-old, otherwise healthy, woman with ARDS, treated with high-dose steroid and mechanical ventilatory support.

Keywords: Adenovirus, acute respiratory distress syndrome

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