Adenovirus pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient : A case report

Abstract

Adenoviruses are viruses that typically cause mild infections involving the upper or lower respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, or conjunctiva in children and immunocompromised patients. Severe pneumonia progressing to respiratory failure is very rare in healthy adults without underlying immunodeficiency. In this article, a case of fulminant pneumonia caused by adenovirus in a 26-year-old immunocompetent male patient is presented. The patient, a pediatric resident, applied to our emergency department with cough, pharyngitis, myalgia and fever. He was hospitalized due to the development of tachypnea, dyspnea and somnolence during follow up. Adenovirus was isolated from the nasopharyngeal swab and stool of the patient who developed hypoxemia and had infiltrates on the chest radiograph. The case, that got well and was discharged after an 11-day hospitalization, has been discussed in line with previous studies.

Keywords

• Adenovirus
• Pneumonia
• Immunocompetent
• Immunocompromised

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