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Rolando Ulloa-Gutierrez1, Peter Skippen, Anne Synnes
1Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division, University of British Columbia and British Columbia's Children's Hospital, 4480 Oak St, Room K4-166, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3V4. rgut@cw.bc.ca
Abstract:
We present the first report in the literature of a child with human metapneumovirus pneumonia who required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for survival. This was a 3-month-old premature boy from British Columbia, Canada, who developed severe respiratory failure, experienced failure of high-frequency oscillatory mechanical ventilation, and required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for 10 days. This case illustrates the importance of including this newly discovered pathogen among the causes of childhood pneumonia.
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