Respiratory syncytial virus rhinosinusitis in intensive care unit patients

AUTOR(ES)

Silva, Alexandre Rodrigues da, Park, Marcelo, Boas, Lucy S. Vilas, Machado, Clarisse Martins

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007-02

RESUMO

This study reported a case of rhinosinusitis for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Intensive Care Unit patient. The settings were Intensive Care Unit at Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil. One female HIV-infected patient with respiratory failure and circulatory shock due to splenic and renal abscesses, who developed rhinosinusitis caused by RSV and bacteria. Respiratory viruses can play a pathogenic role in airways infection allowing secondary bacterial overgrowth.

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