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JOURNAL OF INFECTION
卷 50, 期 4, 页码 322-330出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.07.011
关键词
respiratory viral infection; influenza; respiratory syncytial virus; rhinovirus; parainfluenza virus; coronavirus; human metapneumovirus; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; hospitalization; exacerbation
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [N01-AI-15103] Funding Source: Medline
Objectives. The purpose of the present study was to apply reverse transcription- PCR (RT-PCR) assays to clinical specimens collected from patients with acute respiratory illness and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods. One hundred and ninety-four samples from two different study cohorts were analysed using RT-PCR assays for picornaviruses, coronaviruses 229E and OC43, influenza A and B viruses, respiratory syncytial. virus, parainfluenza types 1-3 viruses, and human metapneumovirus and a PCR assay for adenoviruses. The results were added to results obtained previously using cell culture and serologic methods. Results. RT-PCR assays identified an additional 35 respiratory virus- associated illnesses not identified previously by cell culture or serology (n=46). Picornaviruses and coronaviruses were the most common viral infections identified only by RT-PCR. Overall, 41.8% of the acute respiratory illnesses evaluated were associated with a respiratory virus infection, with picornaviruses, coronaviruses and influenza viruses being the most common infections recognized. No human metapneumovirus infections were identified by RT-IPCR assay. Conclusions. Respiratory viral infections are commonly associated with acute respiratory illness in COPD patients, and the use of RT-PCR assays significantly increases the ability to diagnose these infections. (c) 2004 The British Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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