A Case of Respiratory Syncytial Virus(RSV) Infection in the Prematurity with Respiratory Failure and accompanied by Apnea

Ma, Sang Hyuk; Lee, Gyu Man

doi:10.14776/kjpid.1999.6.1.131

Korean J Pediatr Infect Dis. 1999 May;6(1):131-135. Korean.
Published online May 31, 1999.
https://doi.org/10.14776/kjpid.1999.6.1.131

Case Report

A Case of Respiratory Syncytial Virus(RSV) Infection in the Prematurity with Respiratory Failure and accompanied by Apnea

Sang Hyuk Ma, M.D., and Gyu Man Lee, M.D.^*

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- Department of Pediatrics, Fatima Hospital, Masan, Korea.
- ^*Department of Clinical Pathology, Hallym University Collage of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Corresponding author (Email: ped33@unitel.co.kr )

Abstract

Respiratory Syncytial Virus(RSV) causes acute respiratory tract infections in young infancy such as bronchiolitis, pneumonia. RSV infections are uncommon in the first month of life. Clinical manifestations of neonatal RSV infection are respiratory symptoms, apnea and bacterial sepsis like illness such as lethargy, poor feeding, fever, rash. We report a case of neonatal pneumonia caused by RSV and accompanied by transient apnea and favorable clinical outcome.

Keywords

Respiratory Syncytial Virus; Pneumonia; Prematurity; Apnea