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. 2018 Mar 10;8(3):197–204. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piy024

Table 5.

Outcomes of RVI in SOT Recipients

Outcome Patients With RVI
All Patients, First Event (n = 159) (n [%]) hMPV (n = 20) (n [%]) Influenza (n = 19) (n [%]) PIV (n = 29) (n [%]) RSV (n = 40) (n [%]) Rhinovirus (n = 82) (n [%])d
Need for any respiratory support within 3 mo of diagnosis 81 (51) 11 (55) 6 (32) 15 (52) 23 (58) 45 (55)
 Oxygen support 39 (25) 5 (25) 3 (16) 5 (17) 17 (43) 21 (26)
 BiPAP/CPAP 4 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (7) 0 (0) 3 (4)
 Mechanical ventilation 30 (19) 5 (25) 1 (5) 5 (17) 5 (13) 17 (21)
 HFOV/ECMO 7 (4) 1 (5) 2 (10) 3 (10) 1 (3) 4 (5)
Pulmonary complications
At least 1 complication within 3 mo of diagnosis 9 (6) 1 (5) 1 (5) 3 (10) 3 (7.5) 4 (5)
 Tracheostomy 3 (2) 0 (0) 1 (5) 0 (0) 1 (3) 2 (2)
 Subacute pulmonary sequelae 3 (2) 0 (0) 1 (5) 1 (3) 0 (0) 2 (2)
 Chronic pulmonary sequelae 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1)
 Bronchiolitis obliterans 1 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3) 0 (0)
 Other pulmonary complications 4 (3) 1 (5) 0 (0) 2 (7) 2 (5) 1 (1)
Received antiviral therapy active against pathogen within 2 wk of onseta
 Yes NA NA 14 (74) 0 (0) 6 (15) 1 (1)
All-cause deathb
 Yes 7 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (17) 2 (5) 1 (2)
Death attributed to RVI?
 Likely related 1 NA NA 0 1 0
 Possibly related 1 NA NA 1 0 0
 Not related 5 NA NA 3 1 1

Abbreviations: BiPAP, bilevel positive airway pressure; CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; HFOV, high-frequency oscillator ventilation; hMPV, human metapneumovirus; IVIg, intravenous immunoglobulin; NA, not applicable; PIV, parainfluenza virus; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; RVI, respiratory virus infection; SOT, solid organ transplant.

aFor influenza, therapy included oseltamivir, zanamivir, peramivir, amantadine, and rimantadine; for RSV, therapy included ribavirin and palivizumab; and for parainfluenza, therapy included ribavirin and DAS-181.

bWithin 3 months of RVI onset.

cIncludes a patient with both PIV and rhinovirus and a patient with both hMPV and rhinovirus.

dRhinovirus was detected by polymerase chain reaction assay at all sites except for Duke, where cultures were performed.