Rhabdomyolysis Associated with Parainfluenza Virus

Miltiadis Douvoyiannis; Johanna M. Kielbasa; Gopal M. Chandrasekharan; Cynthia L. Holmes; Michael R. Gomez

doi:10.1155/2013/650965

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2013)

Rhabdomyolysis Associated with Parainfluenza Virus

Miltiadis Douvoyiannis,
Johanna M. Kielbasa,
Gopal M. Chandrasekharan,
Cynthia L. Holmes,
Michael R. Gomez

Affiliations

Miltiadis Douvoyiannis: Department of Pediatrics, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa School of Community Medicine, Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, Division of Hospital Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 4502 East 41st Street, 2A-31, Tulsa, OK 74135, USA
Johanna M. Kielbasa: Department of Pediatrics, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa School of Community Medicine, Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, Division of Hospital Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 4502 East 41st Street, 2A-31, Tulsa, OK 74135, USA
Gopal M. Chandrasekharan: Department of Pediatrics, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa School of Community Medicine, Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, Division of Hospital Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 4502 East 41st Street, 2A-31, Tulsa, OK 74135, USA
Cynthia L. Holmes: Department of Clinical and Anatomic Pathology, Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, 2738 East 51st Street, Suite 290, Tulsa, OK 74136, USA
Michael R. Gomez: Department of Pediatrics, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa School of Community Medicine, Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, Division of Hospital Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 4502 East 41st Street, 2A-31, Tulsa, OK 74135, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/650965
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2013

Abstract

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Influenza virus is the most frequently reported viral cause of rhabdomyolysis. A 7-year-old child is presented with rhabdomyolysis associated with parainfluenza type 2 virus. Nine cases of rhabdomyolysis associated with parainfluenza virus have been reported. Complications may include electrolyte disturbances, acute renal failure, and compartment syndrome.

Published in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 2090-6625 (Print); 2090-6633 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4806

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