Volume 56, Issue 5 pp. 793-795

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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum as a complication in human bocavirus infection

Sevgi Pekcan,

Sevgi Pekcan

Department of Pediatrics, Konya University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya

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Bahar Gokturk,

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Bahar Gokturk

Department of Pediatrics, Konya University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya

Correspondence: Bahar Gokturk, MD, Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Beysehir yolu, 42080 Konya, Turkey. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author

Hasibe Uygun Kucukapan,

Hasibe Uygun Kucukapan

Department of Pediatrics, Konya University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya

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Ugur Arslan,

Ugur Arslan

Department of Clinical Microbiology, Selcuk University Selcuklu Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk, Turkey

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Duygu Fındık,

Duygu Fındık

Department of Clinical Microbiology, Selcuk University Selcuklu Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk, Turkey

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Sevgi Pekcan,

Sevgi Pekcan

Department of Pediatrics, Konya University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya

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Bahar Gokturk,

Corresponding Author

Bahar Gokturk

Department of Pediatrics, Konya University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya

Hasibe Uygun Kucukapan,

Hasibe Uygun Kucukapan

Department of Pediatrics, Konya University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya

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Ugur Arslan,

Ugur Arslan

Department of Clinical Microbiology, Selcuk University Selcuklu Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk, Turkey

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Duygu Fındık,

Duygu Fındık

Department of Clinical Microbiology, Selcuk University Selcuklu Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk, Turkey

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First published: 22 October 2014

https://doi.org/10.1111/ped.12475

Citations: 7

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Abstract

The most common causes of spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) in children are asthma attack and respiratory tract infection. Here, we describe a case of SPM in a human bocavirus-infected 2-year-old boy with bronchiolitis.

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