| Literature DB >> 32288722 |
B Guery1, T d'Escrivan1, H Georges1, L Legout1, O Leroy1, N Viget1, K Faure1.
Abstract
Respiratory infections are frequently encountered in the community; these infections are usually associated with only minor consequences. Many different agents, such as influenza and parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncitial virus, rhinovirus, coronavirus, adenovirus and herpes virus can be found in immuno-competent patients. Among these pathogens, cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been found to be responsible for nosocomial pneumonia in ICU. The main problem for viral infections, is the diagnosis, isolation of the pathogen is often difficult and not always reliable and the symptoms not specific. However, influenza is characterised by fever, myalgia, headache and pharyngitis, this infection may be very mild, even asymptomatic, moderate or very severe. Finally, the most recent viral pathogen involved in respiratory disease is a newly discovered coronavirus, the SARS-CoV which was responsible for the worldwide outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Viral pneumonia is a common pathology which is probably underdiagnosed in immuno-competent patients; many reports show that even if the diagnosis is difficult to obtain, it is not useless as long as we have, for most of the pathogens, an effective treatment. The gold standard was histology, new techniques like PCR can probably make a difference and should be included in the guidelines to improve diagnostic efficiency.Entities:
Keywords: ARDS; Coronavirus; Cytomegalovirus; Herpes virus; VZV
Year: 2004 PMID: 32288722 PMCID: PMC7133792 DOI: 10.1016/j.reaurg.2004.02.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Reanimation ISSN: 1624-0693
Symptomatologie présentée par les patients atteints de SARS.
| Signes cliniques | Lee et al. | Peiris et al. | Donnelly et al. | Booth et al. |
| Fièvre | 100 | 100 | 94 | 99 |
| Frissons | 73 | 74 | 65 | 28 |
| Toux | 57 | 62 | 50 | 69 |
| Myalgie | 61 | 54 | 51 | 49 |
| Malaise | 50 | 64 | 31 | |
| Rhinorrhée | 23 | 24 | 25 | 2 |
| Pharyngite | 23 | 20 | 23 | 12 |
| Dyspnée | 20 | 31 | ||
| Diarrhée | 20 | 10 | 27 | 24 |
| Céphalées | 56 | 20 | 50 | 35 |