Fatal and Near-fatal Cases of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection with Human Rhinovirus Group A / 소아알레르기및호흡기학회지

ABSTRACT

Human rhinoviruses (HRV) mostly cause mild and self-limiting upper respiratory tract infections. We report 2 infants with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, 1 of whom deteriorated to death. The causal pathogen was HRV group A confirmed by multiplex-PCR. In Korea, this is the first report of severe respiratory failure caused by HRV group A during the same season.