title: Respiratory viral infections during the first 28 days after transplantation in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.
abstract: Respiratory viruses (RVs) are a known cause of morbidity and mortality after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In this retrospective study, we focused on the first 28 d after transplantation in pediatric HSCT recipients and showed that a multiplex PCR assay significantly increased RV detection compared with a viral culture method. Among 176 pediatric HSCT recipients, 84 with respiratory symptoms within one yr after HSCT were tested by viral culture or multiplex PCR. Within 28 d after HSCT, nine patients were infected with RVs; the incidence of a first episode of RV infection within 28 d after HSCT was 5.1%. Eight patients recovered without complications. However, one patient died of adenovirus (AdV) pneumonia with pulmonary hemorrhage; the mortality rate of RV infection within 28 d after HSCT was 0.57%. In the nine patients with RV infection, five different types of RV were identified, either alone or with another RV. These were corona virus (CoV), rhinovirus (RhV) and respiratory syncytial virus combined with CoV; AdV combined with RhV; and parainfluenza virus. Viral culture detected only one case of RV infection, while multiplex PCR detected eight, suggesting that screening of respiratory infections using multiplex PCR is better than the conventional culture method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ja-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Soo Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yae-Jean
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Keon Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Ki-Woong
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Nam Yong
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chang-Seok
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ki
authors.forename: Hong Heo
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Koo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015996:Survival Rate; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D055815:Young Adult