title: Clinical presentation and characteristics of pharyngeal adenovirus infections.
abstract: We describe the clinical characteristics of 209 children younger than 15 years of age with positive pharyngeal cultures for adenovirus. The mean age of the children was 37 +/- 33 months, and the mean peak temperature was 39.2 +/- 0.76 degrees C. On physical examination, tonsillitis was found for 88% of children; 52% of them had exudative tonsillitis. Forty-eight percent of the patients who had a white blood cell count performed had >15,000 leukocytes per mm, and 25% had >20,000 leukocytes per mm. C-reactive protein concentrations were >7 mg/dL for 22.5% of the patients. Adenovirus pharyngeal infections in young children mimic severe bacterial infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dominguez
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rojo
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Las Heras
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Folgueira
authors.forename: Jesús Ruiz
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Contreras
mesh_terms: D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*