TY - JOUR ID - 240828 TI - Health Care Associated Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS): A Case from Iran JO - TANAFFOS (Respiration) JA - RSPR LA - en SN - 1735-0344 AU - Moniri, Afshin AU - Marjani, Majid AU - Tabarsi, Payam AU - Yadegarynia, Davood AU - Nadji, Seyed Alireza AD - Virology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, AD - Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 14 IS - 4 SP - 262 EP - 267 KW - MERS-Coronavirus KW - Infection control KW - Respiratory DO - N2 - Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection, has caused recurrent outbreaks worldwide. It is associated with severe morbidity and mortality, and is not treatable with the currently available antiviral therapies. We present a case of a 43 year-old male healthcare provider, who admitted with productive cough, dyspnea, myalgia, pleuritic chest pain and fever. Computed tomography (CT) showed bilateral ground glass opacities and consolidation. Sputum polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for MERS-coronavirus was positive. UR - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_240828.html L1 - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_240828_c73587d9c0ded962ad83c436bae9f5c9.pdf ER -