Severe respiratory failure due to co-infection with human metapneumovirus and Streptococcus pneumoniae.

ABSTRACT: A 64-year-old male patient was admitted with respiratory failure, although chest X-rays revealed only mild bronchiolitis. Streptococcus pneumoniae, which usually presents as massive lobular pneumonia, was isolated from sputum, however, pan-pathogen screening using a next-generation sequencer also detected human metapneumovirus genome fragments.

SUBMITTER: Seki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4061431 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature