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Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Complicating Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: Case Report and Review

Haller, A. ; von Segesser, L. ; Baumann, P. C. ; Krause, M.

In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1995, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 206-209

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    Title
    • Severe Respiratory Insufficiency Complicating Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: Case Report and Review
    Author
    • Haller, A.. Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Surgery (Heart and Vascular Surgery), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • von Segesser, L.. Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Surgery (Heart and Vascular Surgery), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Baumann, P. C.. Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Surgery (Heart and Vascular Surgery), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Krause, M.. Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Surgery (Heart and Vascular Surgery), University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1995, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 206-209. The University of Chicago Press
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    Classification
    • Health
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:294972
    Summary
    We report a case involving a young adult who had life-threatening bilateral pneumonitis in the course of an acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Because of severe hypoxemia, the patient required mechanical ventilation and additional oxygenation by an intravascular oxygenator. The patient was treated with corticosteroids and survived without sequelae. Severe pulmonary involvement associated with EBV infection is a rare but potentially fatal complication of infectious mononucleosis. Similar cases reported in the literature are reviewed, and the therapeutic options for this particular complication are discussed