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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-11
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a rare case of a 79-year-old woman who developed herpes simplex virus pneumonia after mitral valve replacement. The patient showed persistent hypoxemia with bilateral glass-like shadows on chest radiography. Cytopathology examination of intratracheal secretions revealed herpes simplex virus infection. The patient, who improved gradually after acyclovir administration, was taken off the ventilator completely. Physicians should consider viral pulmonary infection to be a potential cause of unexplained hypoxemia that does not respond to conventional antibiotic treatment in critically ill, immunocompromised patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1863-6713
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
580-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Herpes simplex virus pneumonia following mitral valve replacement.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Hasamamachi, Yufu, Oita, 879-5593, Japan. akiy1972@med.oita-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports