Influenza C Virus and Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Hospitalized Children With Lower Respiratory Tract Illness

Yukitoshi Shimizu; Chieko Abiko; Tatsuya Ikeda; Katsumi Mizuta; Yoko Matsuzaki

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000863

Influenza C Virus and Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Hospitalized Children With Lower Respiratory Tract Illness

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Nov;34(11):1273-5. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000863.

Authors

Yukitoshi Shimizu¹, Chieko Abiko, Tatsuya Ikeda, Katsumi Mizuta, Yoko Matsuzaki

Affiliation

¹ From the *Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata City Hospital Saiseikan, Yamagata, Japan; †Department of Microbiology, Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Yamagata, Japan; and ‡Department of Infectious Diseases, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan.

PMID: 26244834
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000863

Abstract

A 6-month prospective study in a hospital setting detected influenza C virus and human metapneumovirus in 10.0% (29/289) and 16.6% (48/289), respectively, of children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract illness. Influenza C virus infection had a similar rate of pneumonia (53.3% vs. 57.1%), significantly lower frequency of wheezing (13.3% vs. 68.6%) and higher values of white blood cell and C-reactive protein than human metapneumovirus infection.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Gammainfluenzavirus*
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Influenza, Human* / epidemiology
Influenza, Human* / virology
Japan / epidemiology
Metapneumovirus*
Paramyxoviridae Infections* / epidemiology
Paramyxoviridae Infections* / virology
Prospective Studies
Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections* / virology