Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Zendy

MarieÈve Hamelin | Zendy; S. Cotu | Zendy; John LaForge | Zendy; Noël Lampron | Zendy; Jean Bourbeau | Zendy; Karl Heinz Weiss | Zendy; Rodica Gilca | Zendy; Gaston DeSerres | Zendy; Guy Boivin | Zendy

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Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Author(s) -

MarieÈve Hamelin,

S. Cotu,

John LaForge,

Noël Lampron,

Jean Bourbeau,

Karl Heinz Weiss,

Rodica Gilca,

Gaston DeSerres,

Guy Boivin

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/431981

Subject(s) - human metapneumovirus , medicine , pneumonia , exacerbation , respiratory disease , community acquired pneumonia , acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , pulmonary disease , metapneumovirus , copd , immunology , respiratory system , lung , respiratory tract infections

We tested nasopharyngeal aspirate specimens by real-time polymerase chain reaction assays and paired serum samples by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Acute human metapneumovirus infections were identified in 6 (4.1%) of 145 adult patients who presented to the emergency department for pneumonia or acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during 2 winter/spring seasons in Quebec, Canada.

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