Human Bocavirus Infection in Adults: Clinical Features and Radiological Findings.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a newly identified pathogen that can cause upper and lower respiratory infections usually in children; however, its clinical characteristics and significance in respiratory infections in adults have not been well known. Our objective was to evaluate the clinical features of respiratory HBoV infection and to describe the CT findings of HBoV pneumonia in adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 185 adult patients diagnosed with HBoV infection at a tertiary referral center between January 2010 and December 2017 were retrospectively evaluated with respect to the clinical characteristics of HBoV infection and its risk factors for pneumonia. Chest CT findings for 34 patients with HBoV pneumonia without co-infection were analyzed and compared between immunocomp

SUBMITTER: Lee HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609429 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature