Respiratory syncytial virus is not an important community acquired pathogen in adult hematological malignancy patients.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2006 Nov; 37(6): 1132-3
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in English
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| ID: sea-31435
ABSTRACT
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been reported as a leading cause of upper and lower viral respiratory tract infection in high-risk adult populations. We prospectively studied 48 patients with hematological malignancies over a period of 2 years. Throat and nasal washings were subjected to immunofluorescence and cell culture for virus isolation. Of these 48 patients, 31 had acute leukemia, 6 had chronic leukemia, 10 had lymphoma and one had multiple myeloma. The median age of the patients was 20 years with a male to female ratio of 41. No RSV was detected in any of the samples. RSV was not found as a major cause of community acquired upper respiratory tract infections in adults with hematological malignancies in India.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Prospective Studies
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Fluorescent Antibody Technique
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
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Community-Acquired Infections
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Hematologic Neoplasms
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Adult
Type of study:
Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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