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Virus sincicial respiratorio (VSR) - Síntomas

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VSR

Síntomas:

Nota: los síntomas varían y difieren de acuerdo con la edad. Los bebés menores de 1 año son los más gravemente afectados y los que presentan con frecuencia la mayor dificultad respiratoria. Los niños mayores usualmente sólo presentan síntomas moderados y seudogripales. Los síntomas usualmente aparecen de 4 a 6 días después de la exposición.

Signos y exámenes:

En muchos hospitales, se pueden realizar pruebas rápidas para este virus en fluidos obtenidos de la nariz.

  • Fecha de revisión: 7/26/2007
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Daniel Rauch, M.D., FAAP., Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Program, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Meissner HC, Long SS; American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases and Committee on Fetus and Newborn. Revised indications for the use of palivizumab and respiratory syncytial virus immune globulin intravenous for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections. Pediatrics. 2003 Dec;112(6 Pt 1):1447-52.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Evidence based clinical practice guideline for medical management of bronchiolitis in infants less than 1 year of age presenting with a first time episode. Cincinnati (OH): Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; 2006 May. 13 p.

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