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. 2005 Nov;43(11):5452–5456. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.11.5452-5456.2005

TABLE 3.

Patients hospitalized with respiratory tract illness associated with HCoV OC43 and HCoV 229E infections

HCoV Age Sex Symptom(s) Underlying disease Specimena
229E 3 yr Female Fever, coughing, rhinorrhea Asthma PS
4 mo Female Bronchitis, coughing None NPA
12 yr Male Fever, diarrhea Ewing's sarcoma PS
OC43 11 yr Male Fever, coughing None NPAb
9 mo Male Fever, diarrhea, coughing None NPA
2 yr Female Fever, bronchiolitis None PS
5 yr Male Fever Renal insufficiency PSc
5 yr Male Chronic bronchitis Tetralogy of Fallot BAL
6 mo Female Fever, bronchitis Epilepsy BA
7 mo Female Fever, wheezing Epilepsy PS
3 mo Male Bronchiolitis, rhinitis, coughing None NPA
a

PS, pharyngeal swab; NPA, nasopharyngeal aspirate; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; BA, bronchial aspirate.

b

Positive for influenza B virus.

c

Positive for adenovirus.