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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 204-205 |
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Influenza a infection unmasking an underlying mitral valve stenosis in a 19-year-old boy
Shafali Nandwani1, Apurva Pande1, Mahip Saluja2
1 Department of Medicine, Subharti Institute of Medical Sciences, Subhartipuram, NH 58, Delhi Haridwar Meerut Bypass Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Subharti Institute of Medical Sciences, Subhartipuram, NH 58, Delhi Haridwar Meerut Bypass Road, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Apurva Pande
C 11, Jawahar Quarters, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2249-4863.117427
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Infection with Influenza virus is uncommon in the present times, though a number of cases were reported during pandemics in 1918 in various regions of America. We report a case where a young male patient presented to the hospital with a clinical picture of acute respiratory distress syndrome that turned out to be a viral pneumonia caused by Influenza A virus and it aggravated an underlying yet undiagnosed mitral valve stenosis. |
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