Viral and Atypical Bacterial Detection in Young Nepalese Children Hospitalized with Severe Pneumonia
Maria Mathisen, Sudha Basnet, Andreas Christensen, Arun Kumar Sharma, Garth D. Tylden, Sidsel Krokstad, Palle Valentiner‐Branth, Tor A. Strand
Abstract
Respiratory viruses are an important cause of respiratory tract infections in children but are underrecognized as a cause of pneumonia hospitalization in low-income settings. Previously, we detected at least one of seven respiratory viruses by PCR in 30% of young Nepalese children hospitalized with severe pneumonia over a period of 36 months.
Topics & Concepts
Human metapneumovirusMycoplasma pneumoniaeRhinovirusHuman bocavirusPneumoniaVirologyEnterovirusVirusRespiratory tract infectionsPathogenBiologyOutbreakMedicineRespiratory tractRespiratory systemMicrobiologyInternal medicineRespiratory viral infections researchPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology