Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
- Volume 6 Issue 1
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- Pages.131-135
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- 1999
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- 2384-1079(pISSN)
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- 2384-1087(eISSN)
A Case of Respiratory Syncytial Virus(RSV) Infection in the Prematurity with Respiratory Failure and accompanied by Apnea
미숙아에서 무호흡이 동반된 Respiratory Syncytial Virus에 의한 폐렴 1례
- Ma, Sang Hyuk (Department of Pediatrics, Fatima Hospital) ;
- Lee, Gyu Man (Department of Clinical Pathology, Hallym University Collage of Medicine)
- Published : 1999.05.15
Abstract
Respiratory Syncytial Virus(RSV) causes acute respiratory tract infections in young infancy such as bronchiolitis, pneumonia. RSV infections are uncommon in the first month of life. Clinical manifestations of neonatal RSV infection are respiratory symptoms, apnea and bacterial sepsis like illness such as lethargy, poor feeding, fever, rash. We report a case of neonatal pneumonia caused by RSV and accompanied by transient apnea and favorable clinical outcome.
신생아 시기에 호흡기 바이러스 감염은 증상이 다양하게 나타나 진단하기가 힘든 면이 있으나 본 증례와 같이 뚜렷한 호흡기 증상이 있는 경우 적극적인 진단과 치료가 필요하다고 사료되며 고위험군 환자에게 RSV 유행 시기에 앞서 예방이 중요하다고 생각한다.