Is viral coinfection a risk factor for severe lower respiratory tract infection? A retrospective observational study

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Jul;56(7):2195-2203. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25422. Epub 2021 Apr 26.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Coinfection*
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections* / complications
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections* / complications
  • Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Virus Diseases* / complications
  • Virus Diseases* / epidemiology