%0 Journal Article
%T P¨²rpura fulminante, infartos cerebrales y disfunci¨®n multiorg¨¢nica debido a infecci¨®n por hantavirus: revisi¨®n del tema y comunicaci¨®n de un caso
%A Mar¨ªn
%A Gustavo R.
%A Baspineiro
%A Berta
%A Miranda
%A Mar¨ªa R.
%A Cabello
%A Manuela
%J Archivos argentinos de pediatr£¿-a
%D 2009
%I Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria
%X multiorganic failure is a rare manifestation of hantavirus infection but it should be included among differential diagnoses of multiorganic failure in the pediatric age. currently, there is no effective therapy for this infection. a high suspiction index and early referral to a pediatric intensive care unit with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may lead to a favourable impact in the outcome. we report a fatal case of hantavirus infection in a 9- year-old girl with a severe disease refractory to hemodynamic supportive measures, and characterized by purpura fulminans, cerebral infarcts, cardiopulmonary failure, and acute renal failure. commentaries and review about these infrequent clinical manifestations are made.
%K hantavirus infection
%K childhood
%K multiorganic failure
%K purpura fulminans.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0325-00752009000100013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en