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Volume 9, Number 6—June 2003
Research

Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Hospitalized Children1

Guy Boivin*†Comments to Author , Gaston De Serres†‡, Stéphanie Côté*†, Rodica Gilca†‡, Yacine Abed*†, Louis Rochette†‡, Michel G. Bergeron*†, and Pierre Déry*†
Author affiliations: *Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada; †Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada; ‡Québec Institute of Public Health, Québec City, Québec, Canada

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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.

Main Article

1This study was presented in part at the 42nd International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 27, 2002, San Diego, California.

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