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Clin Infect Dis
; 31(3): 830-3, 2000 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11017844
RESUMO
This report describes a fatal case of cerebral edema caused by adenovirus in a previously healthy 18-month-old infant who developed skin rash, pulmonary congestion, and fever and who died 6 days later. Adenovirus hexon gene sequences were detected in brain tissue and brain tissue cultures. The virus was typed as adenovirus 5.