Key result
Persistent Human Cosavirus infection was identified in a 43-year-old immunocompromised lung transplant recipient with chronic diarrhea, while 689 other symptomatic patients tested negative.
Case Report (n=690)
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Human cosavirus can cause persistent infection and chronic diarrhea in immunocompromised patients, though it appears rare in the general hospitalized population in northern Italy.
May indicate cosavirus in unexplained chronic diarrhea among immunocompromised transplant recipients; leaves open its prevalence and causality.
Human cosavirus is a novel picornavirus recently identified in feces from children in southern Asia. We report infection with human cosavirus in a patient in the Mediterranean area. The patient was an adult double lung transplant recipient who had chronic diarrhea associated with persistent infection with human cosavirus.
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Campanini et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Human Cosavirus infection and chronic diarrhea (n=690). Human Cosavirus infection vs. Uninfected patients was evaluated on Detection of Human Cosavirus in fecal samples. Persistent Human Cosavirus infection was identified in a 43-year-old immunocompromised lung transplant recipient with chronic diarrhea, while 689 other symptomatic patients tested negative.
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