Tropheryma whipplei-induced plastic bronchitis in children: a case report

• Prif Awduron: Xuefeng Jin (Awdur), Caiyun Zhang (Awdur), Chao Chen (Awdur), Xiaoning Wang (Awdur), Jing Dong (Awdur), Yuanyuan He (Awdur), Peng Zhang (Awdur)
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This article reports a case of a 7-year-old child with severe pneumonia whose chest CT showed pulmonary consolidation, and bronchoscopy revealed plastic bronchitis. The metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) of the pulmonary lavage fluid suggested the infection of Tropheryma whipplei (T whippl...