Molecular epidemiology and clinical features of rhinovirus infections among hospitalized patients in a medical center in Taiwan.

CONCLUSIONS: HRV was a common cause of respiratory tract infection in Taiwan, particularly in pediatric patients. Eighty percent of HRV-infected inpatients had other microorganisms co-infection. Adult patients were more likely to be associated with a severe respiratory disease entity.
PMID: 30201131 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - August 30, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Hung HM, Yang SL, Chen CJ, Chiu CH, Kuo CY, Huang KA, Lin TY, Hsieh YC, Gong YN, Tsao KC, Huang YC Tags: J Microbiol Immunol Infect Source Type: research