Correlation of viral load of respiratory pathogens and co-infections with disease severity in children hospitalized for lower respiratory tract infection

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-245

  Franz, Anna ^a   Adams, Ortwin ^a   Willems, Rhea ^a   Bonzel, Linda ^a   Neuhausen, Nicole ^a   Schweizer Krantz, Susanne ^b   Ruggeberg, Jens U ^a   Willers, Reinhart ^a   Henrich, Birgit ^a   Schroten, Horst ^c   Tenenbaum, Tobias ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Children s Hospital   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute virus induced wheezing; Co infection; Pneumonia; Respiratory viruses; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; STEROID;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; WHEEZING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BRONCHIOLITIS; COMPLICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 77954658936     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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