Key result
Rhinoviruses infected 9 of 11 virus-positive infants hospitalized for an apparently life-threatening event, with the rhinovirus C genogroup detected in 6 of 16 total patient aspirates.
Why the study?
Is respiratory virus infection associated with apparently life-threatening events in infants?
Is respiratory virus infection associated with apparently life-threatening events in infants?
Rhinovirus C may associate with apparently life-threatening events in infants; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective studies before any clinical inference.
To assess whether infants hospitalized after an apparently life-threatening event had an associated respiratory virus infection, we analyzed nasopharyngeal aspirates from 16 patients. Nine of 11 infants with positive virus results were infected by rhinoviruses. We detected the new genogroup of rhinovirus C in 6 aspirates.
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Calvo et al. (2009) studied this question. Rhinoviruses infected 9 of 11 virus-positive infants hospitalized for an apparently life-threatening event, with the rhinovirus C genogroup detected in 6 of 16 total patient aspirates.
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