title: Human metapneumovirus infection in adults with community-acquired pneumonia and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: 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.
authors: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada.
authors: M E
authors: ME
authors: Hamelin
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Côté
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Laforge
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Lampron
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Bourbeau
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Weiss
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Gilca
authors: G
authors: G
authors: DeSerres
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Boivin
mesh_terms: 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