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Review
. 2020;168(6):514-523.
doi: 10.1007/s00112-020-00909-9. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

[Adenovirus infections]

[Article in German]
A Heim  1
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Review

[Adenovirus infections]

[Article in German]
A Heim. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd. 2020.

Abstract
in English, German

During childhood several adenovirus infections have to be experienced, each with another of the multiple types. The spectrum of associated diseases ranges from endemic, mild and self-limiting upper respiratory tract infections to epidemic gastroenteritis, eye infections, cystitis and less frequently atypical pneumonia and severe infections of internal organs; however, the vast majority of adenovirus infections during childhood are not life threatening with the exception of the infrequent infections of neonates and the frequent infection of hematopoietic stem cell recipients (disseminated disease).

Während der Kindheit werden zumeist mehrere Adenovirusinfektionen mit jeweils wechselnden Typen durchgemacht. Das Spektrum der assoziierten Krankheitsbilder reicht von endemischen milden, selbstlimitierenden Infektionen des oberen Respirationstrakts über epidemische Gastroenteritis, Augeninfektionen und Zystitis bis hin zu atypischen Pneumonien und schweren Infektionen innerer Organe. Lebensbedrohlich sind die meisten Adenovirusinfektionen nicht, außer die seltenen Infektionen von Neugeborenen und die allerdings häufigen Infektion von Empfängern hämatopoetischer Stammzellen („disseminierte Erkrankung“).

Keywords: Conjunctivitis; Cystitis; Disseminated infection; Gastroenteritis; Respiratory infection.

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