06 January 2022>: Articles
A 48-Year-Old Previously Healthy Man Presenting with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Negative Tests for SARS-CoV-2, and Positive Serology for Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 (PIV-3)
Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease
Ryuichiro Kakizaki A* , Ryutaro Tojo A , Naofumi Bunya B , Hirotoshi Mizuno B , Shuji Uemura D , Eichi Narimatsu DDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.934362
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e934362
Table 2. The results of microbiological tests.
Cultures | |
Sputum | (–) |
BALF | (–) |
Mycoplasma antigen | (–) |
IgG | (–) |
IgM | (–) |
Cultures | |
Sputum | (–) |
BALF | (–) |
Aspergillus antigen | (–) |
Candida antigen | (–) |
Beta-D-glucan | (–) |
HIV-1/HIV-2 antibody | (–) |
HTLV-1 antibody | (–) |
CMV IgM | (–) |
HSV IgM | (–) |
VZV IgM | (–) |
EBV IgM | (–) |
Influenza virus antigen | (–) |
Adenovirus antigen | (–) |
RSV antigen | (–) |
hMPV antigen | (–) |
SARS-CoV-2 PCR | (–) |
BALF – bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; IgG – immunoglobulin G; IgM – immunoglobulin M; HIV – human immunodeficiency virus; HTLV – human T-lymphotropic virus; CMV – cytomegalovirus; HSV – herpes simplex virus; VZV – varicella-zoster virus; EBV – Epstein-Barr virus; RSV – respiratory syncytial virus; hMPV – human metapneumovirus; SARS-CoV-2 – severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; PCR – polymerase chain reaction. |