Influence of coinfection factors on clinical features of human metapneumovirus infection / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the influence of coinfection with other pathogens on human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection in children.Methods A total of 11 299 children admitted to the Department of Respiratory Disease,Children's Hospital of Soochow University between June 2010 and May 2015 were enrolled in this study.Sputum specimens were collected and multiple pathogenic joint detection was done,including peripheral blood,and blood routine,C reactive protein (CRP),hepatic function and cellular immunity.Patients' clinical data were collected.Results Among 11 299 hospitalized children,hMPV was positive found in 222 children (1.96％).One hundred and fourteen children (51.4％) had hMPV simple infection and 108 cases of them (48.6％) were coinfected with other pathogens.The hMPV coinfected with bacteria (63 cases,28.4％)was most common.The average age of multiple coinfected children was older than that of simple hMPV infection in children [(2.43 ± 2.47) years old vs.(1.27 ± 1.30) years old],and the difference was significant (Z =-2.360,P ＜ 0.05).Fever seemed to be more common in children coinfected with bacteria or multiple coinfection (63.5％ and 70.0％) compared with those with simple hMPV infection (43.0％),and the differences were significant (x2 =6.827,4.986,all P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in other clinical features among 5 groups (all P ＞ 0.05).Multiple coinfection children had a higher percentage of neutrophils (0.50 ± 0.18) than that in simple hMPV infection children (0.37 ± 0.19),children coinfected with bacteria (0.39 ±0.19) or other virus (0.35 ±0.19),and the differences were significant (all P ＜0.05).CRP was elevated in 30.2％ (19/63 cases) of children coinfected with bacteria,which was significantly higher than that of simple hPMV infection children (16.7 ％,19/114 cases),and the difference was significant (x2 =4.381,P ＜ 0.05).CD3 + CD4 + was significantly lower in multiple coinfection children (0.31 ± 0.07),but there were no significant difference compared with other groups (all P ＞ 0.05).CD19 + CD23 + was significantly higher in children coinfected with other virus com pared with that of simple hMPV infection group,hMPV coinfected with bacteria,hMPV coinfected with Mycoplasma pneumonia and multiple coinfect group (0.37 ± 0.10 vs.0.30 ± 0.09,0.30 ± 0.08,0.29 ± 0.07,0.29 ± 0.09),and the differences were significant (all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions It is suggested that hMPV seems easily coinfected with other pathogens,especially with bacteria.It should be on high alert that bacteria coinfection is accompanied with high percentage of neutrophils and high level of CRP.Coinfection does not significantly exacerbate the clinical symptoms of hMPV infection,but may exacerbate the cellular immune disorders to a certain extent.