title: Clinical description of human bocavirus viremia in children with LRTI, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
abstract: Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a major etiology of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in young children. We tested 149 patients admitted to King Fahd Hospital of the University with diagnosis of LRTI. Viremia caused by the different studied viruses was detected in 31.5% of the total cases by Real-time Polymerase chain reaction. We report five patients who were positive for HBoV in serum samples. Clinical presentation ranged from mild to severe disease as one of them required admission to intensive care unit. Wheezing was a striking feature in most of our patients, but fever was not a consistent finding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Dalal K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bubshait
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Waleed Hamad
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Albuali
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdullah A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Yousef
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Obeid Elteifi
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Obeid
authors.affiliation: Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Center for Research and Consultation Studies, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Khaled R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Alkharsah
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Manal Ismaeel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Center for Research and Consultation Studies, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Chittibabu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vatte
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Alhusain J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Alzahrani
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Huda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bukhari
keywords: Viremia; children; saudi Arabia
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