Table 2.

Viruses isolated by conventional viral culture/immunofluorescence or detected by the multiplex PCR.

Respiratory viruses isolated by viral culture and immunofluorescence stain	Respiratory viruses isolated by multiplex PCR (n)	Total isolates (%)
AdV	AdV (7), AdV/RSV-A (1)	8 (7.9)
RSV	RSV-A (12)	12 (11.9)
PIV-1	PIV-1 (5), PIV-1/RSV-A (1), PIV-1/RSV-B (1), PIV-1/HRV (1)	8 (7.9)
PIV-2	–	0
PIV-3	PIV-3 (21), PIV-3/PIV-2 (1), PIV-3/RSV-A (1), PIV-3/HRV (1), PIV-3/RSV-B/PIV-2 (1)	25 (24.8)
Influenza-A	Influenza-A (1)	1 (1.0)
Influenza-B	Influenza-B (2), Influenza-B/AdV (1)	3 (3.0)
Negative	RSV-A (9), HRV (2), CoV 229E/NL63 (2), AdV (1), AdV/PIV-3 (1), RSV-A/RSV-B (1), RSV-A/PIV-1 (1), RSV-B (1), HRV/RSV-B (1)	19 (18.8)
Negative	Negative	25 (24.8)