Severity of human rhinovirus infection in immunocompromised adults is similar to that of 2009 H1N1 influenza.
This retrospective chart review of patients at a tertiary referral center compares characteristics and clinical features of patients diagnosed with human rhinovirus (HRV) infection to those of patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza A (pH1N1) during the pandemic respiratory season of 2009 to 2010. Hospital admission rates, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and mortality were not statistically different between the HRV and pH1N1 groups; however, more patients in the HRV group were considered immunocompromised.
Emory University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. colleen.kraft@emory.edu
Colleen S
CS
Kraft
Jesse T
JT
Jacob
Marti H
MH
Sears
Eileen M
EM
Burd
Angela M
AM
Caliendo
G Marshall
GM
Lyon
D000328:Adult; D003139:Common Cold / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D003422:Critical Care; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016019:Survival Analysis