Incidence of bacterial coinfection with respiratory syncytial virus bronchopulmonary infection in pediatric inpatients
H Hishiki, N Ishiwada, C Fukasawa, Y Kohno… - Journal of Infection and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Bacterial coinfection occurs in pediatric bronchopulmonary infections caused by respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV), but the incidence is uncertain. Our subjects are 188 pediatric
inpatients having RSV bronchopulmonary infection in two hospitals in Chiba Prefecture
between 2005 and 2007. On admission, antigen detection kits using nasopharyngeal
aspirate were performed to detect RSV infection and washed sputum bacterial culture was
performed to detect bacterial infection. Of the 188 pediatric inpatients with RSV …
syncytial virus (RSV), but the incidence is uncertain. Our subjects are 188 pediatric
inpatients having RSV bronchopulmonary infection in two hospitals in Chiba Prefecture
between 2005 and 2007. On admission, antigen detection kits using nasopharyngeal
aspirate were performed to detect RSV infection and washed sputum bacterial culture was
performed to detect bacterial infection. Of the 188 pediatric inpatients with RSV …
