Severe primary cytomegalovirus pneumonia in a 5-year-old immunocompetent child.

摘要

Sir,Life threatening cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection mostly occurs in the fetus, newborn, infant or immunodeficient individuals. In the immunocompetent, it is usually silent or may present as mononucleosis like syndrome.1 Here we describe an immunocompetent and previously healthy child who suffered from severe primary CMV pneumonia. A 5-year-old boy presented with fever, cough, dyspnea, hypoxemia and mild elevations of glutamic oxalacetic transaminasey lactate dehydrogenase and creatinine kinase on March 26,2009.