title: Simultaneous multiple viral infections in childhood acute lower respiratory tract infections in southern Taiwan.
abstract: Thirty paediatric patients with acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRI) caused by simultaneous multiple viral infections (SMV) in a 3-year interval were reviewed. Twenty patients were infected with two viruses simultaneously; nine patients with three viruses; and one patient with four viruses. The frequency of individual viruses were: adenovirus, 18 (60 per cent); respiratory syncytial virus, 7 (23 per cent); influenza virus type A, 6 (20 per cent); influenza virus type B, 15 (50 per cent); parainfluenza virus type 1, 11 (37 per cent); parainfluenza virus type 3, 13 (43 per cent). There was no difference between the clinical presentations of ALRI with SMV and those of ALRI with a single virus. In conclusion, SMV was not uncommon in children with ALRI; the clinical presentations of multiple viral infection were similar to those of single viral infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Yuan's General Hospital, Taiwan.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Jeng
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Z K
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Dai
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology