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Case Reports
. 2018 Oct-Dec;64(4):237-239.
doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_283_17.

Bilateral massive pneumonia as an unusual manifestation of Puumala hantavirus infection

H T Gozdas  1 , D Menemenlioğlu  2 , Y Coşgun  2 , G Çelebi  3
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Case Reports

Bilateral massive pneumonia as an unusual manifestation of Puumala hantavirus infection

H T Gozdas et al. J Postgrad Med. 2018 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

Renal involvement due to European Puumala virus (PUUV) is frequent but pulmonary involvement is quite rare. We present here, a 24-year-old male with atypical clinical presentation of acute PUUV infection with gross pulmonary and minimal renal involvement. Severe pulmonary manifestations of PUUV infection, in this case, highlights that hantavirus infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of atypical pneumonia.

Keywords: Atypical pneumonia; European Puumala virus; hantavirus; massive pneumonia.

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Figure 1
Computed tomography angiography of the thorax showing bilateral extensive infiltrations and bilateral pleural effusion
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Immunoblot strips and evaluation charts of strips
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