Volume 9, Number 6—June 2003
Research
Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Hospitalized Children1
Table 3
Definitive clinical diagnoses by type of viral infection
Complication | % HMPV,a n=12 | % HRSV, n=118 | % Influenza A, n=49 | % Single virus, n=141 | % Multiple viruses, n=23 | % No virus detected, n=44 | % Total, n=208 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bronchiolitis |
67 |
84 |
51 |
70 |
83 |
57 |
68 |
|
Pneumonia |
17 |
25 |
37 |
28 |
30 |
27. |
28 |
|
Laryngotracheobronchitis |
0 |
10 |
12 |
8 |
17 |
5 |
8 |
|
Otitis |
50 |
59 |
55 |
55 |
65 |
55 |
56 |
|
Sinusitis |
0 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
|
Pharyngitis |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
|
Flu syndrome |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
|
Other | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 7 |
aHMPV, human metapneumovirus; HRSV, human respiratory syncytial virus. Given the small number of HMPV cases, the results only suggest trends, as no statistical comparison reached significance.
1This study was presented in part at the 42nd International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 27, 2002, San Diego, California.