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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Clinical relevance of rhinovirus infections among adult hospitalized patients
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| Autores: |
Fica,Alberto
Dabanch,Jeannette
Andrade,Winston
Bustos,Patricia
Carvajal,Ita
Ceroni,Carolina
Triantafilo,Vjera
Castro,Marcelo
Fasce,Rodrigo
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| Data: |
2015-04-01
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| Ano: |
2015
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| Palavras-chave: |
Rhinovirus
Respiratory tract infections
Viral pneumonia
Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
AdultHospitalization
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| Resumo: |
Human rhinovirus (HRV) is an emerging viral pathogen. Aim: To characterize a group of patients admitted due to infection by this agent in a general hospital in Chile. Methods: Cases were identified by RT-PCR for 1 year through active surveillance of patients admitted with severe respiratory illness. Diagnosis was not available during hospitalization. Thirty-two cases were identified, 90% were ≥60 years old or had co-morbid conditions. Human rhinovirus-related admissions represented 23.7% of hospitalization due to severe acute respiratory infections among adults and ranked second to influenza (37.8%). Patients presented with pneumonia (68.8%), decompensated chronic lung conditions (21.9%), heart failure or influenza-like illness (6.3% each). Admission to intensive or intermediate care units was required by 31.2% and in-hospital mortality reached 12.5%. A CURB-65 score ≥3 was significantly associated to in-hospital mortality (p < 0.05). Most patients received antibiotics (90%). Conclusions: Human rhinovirus infections in elderly patients with co-morbid conditions are associated with hospitalizations, requiring critical or semi-critical antibiotics use. A high CURB-65 score was associated to in-hospital mortality.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702015000200118
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1016/j.bjid.2014.10.003
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.19 n.2 2015
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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