Rhinovirus C and respiratory exacerbations in children with cystic fibrosis.
To investigate a possible role for human rhinovirus C in respiratory exacerbations of children with cystic fibrosis, we conducted microbiologic testing on respiratory specimens from 103 such patients in São Paulo, Brazil, during 2006-2007. A significant association was found between the presence of human rhinovirus C and respiratory exacerbations.
Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Marina B
MB
de Almeida
Rodrigo M
RM
Zerbinati
Adriana F
AF
Tateno
Cristina M
CM
Oliveira
Renata M
RM
Romão
Joaquim C
JC
Rodrigues
Cláudio S
CS
Pannuti
Luiz Vicente F
LV
da Silva Filho
D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009093:Mucus / Q000821:virology; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D013183:Sputum / Q000821:virology
D012367:RNA, Viral