[Plastic bronchitis associated with severe influenza A (H1N1) in children: a case report and review of the literature].

Objective: to improve understanding of the pathological and clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of plastic bronchitis associate with influenza A (H1N1).

Methods: one case of plastic bronchitis associated with influenza A (H1N1) diagnosed and treated in our hospital in January 2010 was reported and 19 cases of plastic bronchitis reported in the literature were reviewed.

Results: we describe a 5-year-old Chinese Japanese boy presenting with cough for 2 days, gasping and fever for 1 day was admitted.