Table 3.
Respiratory viruses identified in 176 children with episodes of fever and neutropenia, according to intervention
| Respiratory viruses | Type of intervention |
Total c | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintain antimicrobial a |
Antimicrobial withholding b |
||
| n = 92 | n = 84 | ||
| Rhinovirus | 49 (53) | 42 (50) | 91 (41) |
| Respiratory sincytial virus | 17 (19) | 24 (29) | 41 (19) |
| Parainfluenza virus | 21 (23) | 18 (21) | 39 (18) |
| Influenza virus | 14 (15) | 8 (10) | 22 (10) |
| Metapneumovirus | 4 (4) | 5 (6) | 9 (4) |
| Adenovirus | 5 (5) | 2 (2) | 7 (3) |
| Bocavirus | 5 (5) | 5 (6) | 10 (5) |
| Coronavirus | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) |
a
Twenty-three episodes with viral co-infection. Twenty-one cases with two respiratory viruses and two cases with three respiratory viruses.
b
Twenty-two episodes with viral co-infecction. All cases with two respiratory viruses.
c
Without significant differences between groups.