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Case Reports
. 2016 Sep;129(9):945-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.04.030. Epub 2016 May 20.

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Interpreted: Human Herpesvirus 6B Pneumonia

Susanna K P Lau  1 , Jasper F W Chan  2 , Ivan F N Hung  3 , Vincent C C Cheng  2 , Siddharth Sridhar  4 , Cyril C Y Yip  4 , Kwok-Hung Chan  4 , Patrick C Y Woo  2
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Interpreted: Human Herpesvirus 6B Pneumonia

Susanna K P Lau et al. Am J Med. 2016 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Human herpesvirus 6B; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Pneumonia.

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Figure 1
The patient had a generalized, blanchable, macular rash over his trunk.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) Chest radiograph shows right middle zone haziness. (B) Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the thorax demonstrates a ground-glass appearance in the right lower lobe of the lung.
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