Severe Adenovirus Pneumonia

Sang-Ho Choi

doi:10.3947/ic.2012.44.5.407

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Choi: Severe Adenovirus Pneumonia

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Infection & Chemotherapy

Infection & Chemotherapy 2012; 44(5): 407-408.

Published online: 31 October 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2012.44.5.407

Severe Adenovirus Pneumonia

Sang-Ho Choi

Department of Infectious diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence to Sang-Ho Choi, MD, PhD. Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3010-3304, Fax: +82-2-3010-6970, sangho@amc.seoul.kr

Received 25 September 2012 Accepted 25 September 2012

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Characterization of the etiology of severe pneumonia according to demographic and clinical characteristics is essential for proper management and prevention. Adenovirus has been reported as a common cause of severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in young, healthy military trainees. With the availability of polymerase chain reaction, respiratory viruses are increasingly recognized as important causes of severe CAP in adults. Further efforts should be given to investigation of the clinical impact of viral pneumonia and the role of antiviral therapy.

Keywords: Pneumonia, Virus, Adenovirus, Military personnel

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