Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients who tested positive by multiplex PCR/RT‐PCR
| Clinical diagnosis | Virus (%)a | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhinoviruses/Enteroviruses (n = 65) | HRSV (n = 49) | Influenza viruses (n = 23) | Parainfluenza viruses (n = 17) | Adenoviruses (n = 11) | HMPV (n = 8) | Coronaviruses (n = 7) | Bocavirus (n = 6) | Total | |
| Bronchitis or asthma (n = 59) | 23 (35) | 19 (39) | 10 (43) | 4 (24) | 4 (36) | 2 (25) | 2 (29) | 0 | 64 (34%) |
| Bronchiolitis (n = 33) | 15 (23) | 16 (33) | 0 | 2 (12) | 1 (9) | 1 (12) | 1 (14) | 3 (50) | 39 (21%) |
| Pneumonia ± Pleurisy (n = 31) | 11 (17) | 7 (14) | 9 (39) | 3 (18) | 3 (27) | 1 (12) | 1 (14) | 2 (33) | 37 (20%) |
| Unspecified ALRI (n = 39) | 16 (25) | 7 (14) | 4 (17) | 8 (47) | 3 (27) | 4 (50) | 3 (43) | 1 (17) | 46 (25%) |
HRSV, human respiratory syncytial virus; HMPV, human metapneumovirus; ALRI, acute lower respiratory infections.
a
The percentage corresponds, for each virus, to the proportion of positive detected in each clinical group. The sum for a column is 100%.