Features of the course of acute bronchiolitis with cytomegalovirus infection

The article is dedicated to the problem of acute bronchitis in children. The relevance of this problem is obvious: according to conservative estimates, more than 150 million cases of bronchiolitis are registered annually.7- 13% of these cases require hospital treatment and 1-3%-hospitalization in an ICU. The most common etiologic factor is the virus-respiratory synsytial (the vast majority of cases-60-80%)cytomegalovirus, influenza viruses, parainfluenza, adenovirus, coronavirus are also important agents. A number of factors can cause the evolution of bronchiolitis in 0-2 years-old children. Premature infants, children with bronchopulmonarydysplasia, bottle-fed children, and patients with congenital malformations and immunodeficiencies undergo bronchiolitis especially hard.