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https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/40656| Title: | Encephalitis-associated human metapneumovirus pneumonia in adult, Australia. | Authors: | Mateevici C.;Lin B.;Chandra R.V.;Chong V.H.T.;Fok A. | Institution: | (Fok, Mateevici, Lin, Chong) Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Chandra) Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (Fok) The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada | Issue Date: | 28-Oct-2015 | Copyright year: | 2015 | Publisher: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov) | Place of publication: | United States | Publication information: | Emerging Infectious Diseases. 21 (11) (pp 2074-2076), 2015. Date of Publication: November 2015. | Journal: | Emerging Infectious Diseases | Abstract: | Human metapneumovirus pneumonia, most commonly found in children, was diagnosed in an adult with encephalitis. This case suggests that testing for human metapneumovirus RNA in nasopharyngeal aspirate and cerebrospinal fluid samples should be considered in adults with encephalitis who have a preceding respiratory infection.Copyright © 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved. | DOI: | http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.150608 | PubMed URL: | 26488420 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=26488420] | ISSN: | 1080-6040 | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/40656 | Type: | Article | Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Case series or case report |
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