Objective: To determine whether viral coinfection is a risk for severe lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI).
Working hypothesis: Children with viral coinfection had a higher risk for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) than those with a single virus infection.
Study design: Retrospective, observational study for 10 years.
Patient-subject selection: Children between 1 and 60 months of age hospitalized with LRTI.
Keywords: influenza virus; intensive care unit; lower respiratory tract infection; respiratory syncytial virus; rhinovirus.
© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.