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[Bronchopneumonia, obstructive bronchitis and bronchiectasis in children with adenovirus infections].
I Koncul, Mirela Raos, S Krizanac, S Bela-Klancir
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Abstract
During the five-year period 56 children were treated in hospital due to respiratory infections caused by adenovirus. Clinical, laboratory and radiographic signs of the illness are presented. The infections manifested as the upper respiratory tract infection in 3 patients (5.4%), obstructive bronchitis in 16 patients (28.6%), bronchopneumonia in 32 patients (57.1%) and bronchiectasis in 5 patients (8.9%). Three children were operated: bilobectomy was performed in two cases, and left-sided pulmonectomy in one case. Histologically, bronchiectasis was found in two cases and bronchiolitis obliterans in one case. In this work we tried to show the gravity, importance and consequences of the adenoviral infection of the respiratory tract in children.