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. 2014 Apr 13;20(8):1238–1241. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.04.004

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Cohort of Transplanted Patients and Patients with VRIs per Groups: (1) AdV, (2) HCoV/HRV, and Influenza, PIVs, Human MPV, and RSV (Flu-Like)

Characteristics Whole Cohort All VRI AdV HCoV/HRV Flu-Like
Number of patients 378 166 16 84 66
Age at transplant, yr (range) 43 (5-68) 39 (9-66) 28 (15-59) 41 (9-66) 40 (14-66)
Gender, n (%)
 Female 140 (37) 63 (38) 5 (31) 37 (44) 21 (32)
 Male 238 (63) 103 (62) 11 (69) 47 (56) 45 (68)
Hematological disease, n (%)
 Malignancy 326 (86.2) 158 (95) 16 (100) 80 (95.2) 62 (94)
 Nonmalignancy 52 (13.8) 8 (5) 0 4 (4.8) 4 (6)
Stem cell source, n (%)
 Bone marrow 82 (21.7) 15 (9) 1 (6) 7 (8) 7 (11)
 Peripheral stem cells 257 (68) 141 (85) 14 (88) 71 (85) 56 (85)
 Cord blood 39 (10.3) 10 (6) 1 (6) 6 (7) 3 (5)
Donor type, n (%)
 HLA-identical sibling 181 (47.9) 73 (44) 6 (38) 35 (52) 32 (49)
 HLA-matched unrelated 128 (33.9) 64 (39) 7 (44) 34 (40) 23 (35)
 HLA-mismatched unrelated 69 (18.3) 28 (17) 3 (19) 15 (18) 10 (15)
Myeloablative conditioning regimen 151 (39.9) 37 (22) 4 (25) 21 (25) 12 (18)
Median months from transplant to VRI (interquartile range) 4 (2-7) 4 (2-11) 3 (1-5) 4 (2-8)
At time of VRI
 Active GVHD 38 (23) 5 (31) 21 (25) 12 (18)
 Steroid dose ≥ 1 mg/kg/day 37 (22) 5 (31) 18 (21) 14 (21)
 Neutropenia <.5 g/L 23 (14) 6 (38) 9 (11) 8 (12)
 Lymphopenia <.5 g/L 62 (38) 9 (56) 29 (35) 24 (37)
 Pneumonia 55 (33) 7 (44) 26 (31) 22 (33)
 Nosocomial VRI 47 (28) 7 (44) 25 (30) 15 (23)
 Copathogen 74 (45) 12 (75) 32 (38) 30 (45)
VRI outcome
 Hospitalization, n (%) 51 (31) 5 (31) 22 (27) 24 (36)
 Hypoxemia, n (%) 17 (10) 4 (25) 5 (6) 8 (12)
 Mechanical ventilation, n (%) 3 (2) 1 (6) 1 (1) 1 (2)
 Death within 3 mo, n (%) 16 (10) 3 (19) 6 (7) 7 (11)

Active GVHD was defined as GVHD not in partial or complete remission.

Pneumonia was defined as new pulmonary infiltrates on imagery.

Copathogen was defined as a second infection including opportunistic (cytomegalovirus), bacterial, or fungal infection.