Simon Arne, Völz Sebastian, Höfling Katja, Kehl Alexandra, Tillman Ramona, Müller Andreas, Kupfer Bernd, Eis-Hübinger Anna-Maria, Lentze Michael J, Bode Udo, Schildgen Oliver
Children's Hospital Medical Centre, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Pediatr Pulmonol. 2007 Apr;42(4):393-6. doi: 10.1002/ppul.20595.
In this short report we discuss the temporal association between an acute life threatening event (ALTE) and a RT-PCR confirmed coronavirus HCoV-229E infection in a 4 months old otherwise healthy infant. More detailed microbiological investigations of affected children even without apparent signs of a respiratory tract infection may help to clarify the etiology in some patients and extend our understanding of the pathogenesis. PCR-based techniques should be utilized to increase the sensitivity of detection for old and new respiratory viral pathogens in comparable cases.
在本简短报告中,我们讨论了一名4个月大、其他方面健康的婴儿发生的急性危及生命事件(ALTE)与逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)确诊的冠状病毒HCoV-229E感染之间的时间关联。对受影响儿童进行更详细的微生物学调查,即使没有明显的呼吸道感染迹象,也可能有助于阐明某些患者的病因,并扩展我们对发病机制的理解。在类似病例中,应采用基于PCR的技术来提高对新旧呼吸道病毒病原体的检测灵敏度。