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. 2021 Sep 2;73(Suppl 3):S210–S217. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab497

Table 1.

Characteristics of Infants Who Died Due to RSV Infection

RSV
No. Age (m) Sex Underlying Disease Illness Duration Lung Histopathology NP Lung IHC Coinfection COD Causal chain Certainty level
1 3.2 Male Undernutrition Sudden Bronchiolitis/pneumonia Pos Pos Pos SP/MC CA41.0 acute bronchiolitis due to RSV Yes 1
2 3.5 Male None Sudden Bronchiolitis Neg Pos Neg None CA41.0 acute bronchiolitis due to RSV Yes 1
3 3.7 Male None Sudden Bronchiolitis/pneumonia Neg Pos Pos MC/SA CA41.0 acute bronchiolitis due to RSV Yes 1
4 2.1 Male Genetic Syndrome Sudden Bronchiolitis/pneumonia Pos Pos Pos SP CA41.0 acute bronchiolitis due to RSV Yes 1
5 1.5 Male Undernutrition Sudden Bronchiolitis/pneumonia Neg Pos Pos None CA41.0 acute bronchiolitis due to RSV Yes 1
6 1.9 Female Undernutrition 4 days Bronchiolitis/pneumonia Pos Pos Pos SP/MC CA40.07 Pneumonia due to Streptococcus sp. Yes 1
7 6 Female Trisomy 18 4 days Bronchiolitis/pneumonia Pos Pos Pos MC CA41.0 acute bronchiolitis due to RSV Yes 1
8 5.9 Female None 16 days Bronchiolitis/pneumonia Neg Pos Pos None CA41.0 acute bronchiolitis due to RSV Yes 1
9 1.3 Male None 2 days Bronchiolitis Neg Pos Pos SP/PIV3 CA41.0 acute bronchiolitis due to RSV Yes 1
10 1.9 Female Undernutrition 2 days Bronchiolitis/pneumonia Pos Pos Neg SP CA40.07 pneumonia due to Streptococcus sp. Yes 1
11 0.9 Male Undernutrition Sudden Pneumonia Pos Neg Neg SP/MC CA40.07 pneumonia due to Streptococcus sp. No 3
12 1.9 Male None Sudden Vascular congestion Neg Pos Neg None CA41.0 acute bronchiolitis due to RSV Yes 3

Abbreviations: COD, cause of death; IHC, immunohistochemistry; MC, Moraxella catarrhalis; NP, nasopharyngeal swab; PIV3, parainfluenzavirus3; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; SP, Streptococcus pneumoniae.