Volume 16, Number 7—July 2010
Dispatch
Saffold Cardioviruses of 3 Lineages in Children with Respiratory Tract Infections, Beijing, China
Lili Ren, Richard Gonzalez, Zhengde Xie, Yan Xiao, Yongjun Li, Chunyan Liu, Lan Chen, Qingqing Yang, Guy Vernet, Gláucia Paranhos-Baccalà, Qi Jin, Kunling Shen, and Jianwei Wang
Table
Characteristics of patients with Saffold cardiovirus, Beijing, China, 2007–2009*
| Patient no. | Age/sex | Sampling date | Diagnosis | Clinical signs | Other underlying diseases | Co-infecting organisms | SAFV lineage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCH133 | 9 y/F | 2007 Aug 7 | Pneumonia | Cough | Tuberculosis, hepatic dysfunction | Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 1 |
| BCH350 | 5 mo/M | 2007 Dec 7 | Broncho- pneumonia | Cough, gasping | Respiratory failure | RSV | 3 |
| BCH895 | 2 y, 8 mo/M | 2008 Oct 6 | Pneumonia | Fever, cough, spitting, gasping, chills | No | EV | 1 |
| BCH1031 | 4 y/M | 2008 Nov 16 | Peribronchitis | Fever, cough, spitting, gasping, chills, sneezing | No | None | 3 |
| BCHU79 | 1 y, 6 mo/F | 2009 Jun 5 | URTI | Fever, cough | Unknown | None | 2 |
| BCHU115 | 1 y, 10 mo/F | 2009 Jun 6 | URTI | Fever, cough | Unknown | None | 3 |
| BCHU353 | 4 y, 6 mo/F | 2009 Jun 17 | URTI | Fever, cough | Unknown | None | 2 |
*SAFV, Saffold cardiovirus; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; EV, enterovirus; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.
