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Respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in a healthy 3-year-old child: a case report.

A GavottoA OusselinO PidouxP CathalaV Costes-MartineauB RivièreJ L PasquiéP AmedroC RambaudCambonie Gilles
Published in: BMC pediatrics (2019)
RSV-related sudden death in a normally developing child of this age is exceptional. This case highlights the risk of extrapulmonary manifestations associated with this infection, particularly arrhythmia induced by inflammatory phenomena affecting the cardiac autonomic nervous system. The role of the mutation in this context is uncertain, and it is therefore necessary to continue to assess how this pathogenic variant contributes to unexpected sudden death in childhood.
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