Research progress on early identification of severe adenovirus pneumonia in children.
- Author:
Jing LIN
1
;
Zhimin CHEN
1
Author Information
1. The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou 310052, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Adenoviridae;
Adenoviridae Infections;
diagnosis;
Fever;
Humans;
Pleural Effusion;
Pneumonia, Viral;
diagnosis;
Research;
trends
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences
2019;48(5):567-572
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Severe adenovirus pneumonia has a high mortality and incidence of sequelae. Fever and cough are the main symptoms of children's severe adenovirus pneumonia, but such clinical manifestations are lack of specificity. For children with persistent high fever who are in the epidemic age and season, the adenovirus etiology detection, blood routine, cytokines, T cell subsets and imaging examinations are suggested. Children with early manifestations of infiltration of lung segment and lobar parenchyma, obvious emphysema, interstitial pneumonia or a large amount of pleural effusion should be alerted to have severe adenovirus pneumonia. This article reviews the epidemiological characteristics and risk factors of adenovirus pneumonia in different seasons, regions and serology, and the laboratory findings and imaging features of severe adenovirus pneumonia, which would be helpful for the early identification of the disease.
