Human metapneumovirus infection in adults with community-acquired pneumonia and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
We tested nasopharyngeal aspirate specimens by real-time polymerase chain reaction assays and paired serum samples by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Acute human metapneumovirus infections were identified in 6 (4.1%) of 145 adult patients who presented to the emergency department for pneumonia or acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during 2 winter/spring seasons in Quebec, Canada.
Hamelin
M E
ME
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada.
Côté
S
S
Laforge
J
J
Lampron
N
N
Bourbeau
J
J
Weiss
K
K
Gilca
R
R
DeSerres
G
G
Boivin
G
G
D000328:Adult; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections; D006801:Humans; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons