Mixed Viral Infections Circulating in Hospitalized Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections in Kuwait

Mixed Viral Infections Circulating in Hospitalized Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections in Kuwait

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of viral mixed detection in hospitalized patients with respiratory tract infections and to evaluate the correlation between viral mixed detection and clinical severity. Hospitalized patients with respiratory tract infections (RTI) were investigated for 15 respiratory viruses by using sensitive molecular techniques. In total, 850 hospitalized ...

797Viral co-infections in hospitalized patients with respiratory tract infections

infections Widad Al-Nakib, FRCPath, FIDSA; Sahar Essa, BSc, MSc, PhD; Haya Altawalah, BSc, MBBS, FRCPath; Abdullah Owayed; Mousa Khadadah; Nasser Behbehani; Microbiology Department Kuwait University, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait; Virology Unit, Ministry of Health, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait; Paediatrics, Kuwait University, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait; Medicine, Kuwait University, Faculty of Medici...

Viral Co-Infections in Pediatric Patients Hospitalized with Lower Tract Acute Respiratory Infections

BACKGROUND Molecular techniques can often reveal a broader range of pathogens in respiratory infections. We aim to investigate the prevalence and age pattern of viral co-infection in children hospitalized with lower tract acute respiratory infection (LT-ARI), using molecular techniques. METHODS A nested polymerase chain reaction approach was used to detect Influenza (A, B), metapneumovirus, r...

Mixed Respiratory Viral Infections in Children with Adenoviral Infections

Human adenoviruses are a common cause of diseases. While epidemic diseases caused by adenoviruses were observed throughout the first half of the 20th century, the viruses were first noted in explant cultures of human adenoidal surgical specimens in 1953; this finding, plus the observation of their apparent general affinity for lymphatic tissue, led to naming designation [1, 2]. More than 50 ser...

Antimicrobial Stewardship Among Hospitalized Patients with Influenza Respiratory Tract Infections