Life-threatening respiratory tract disease with human bocavirus-1 infection in a 4-year-old child

Abstract

The disease spectrum associated with human bocavirus-1 infection remains to be fully defined. We report a case of bocavirus-1-associated bronchiolitis, leading to severe respiratory failure and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a 4-year-old child, and suggest blood testing for human bocavirus-1 in children with severe respiratory tract infection. Copyright © 2012, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.