Etiología viral en la neumonía del adulto adquirida en la comunidad en un hospital del sur de Chile / Viral etiology of community acquired pneumonia among adults admitted to a general hospital
Rev. méd. Chile
; 140(8): 984-989, ago. 2012. ilus
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ABSTRACT
Background:
There is paucity of information about viral etiology of community acquired pneumonia in adults.Aim:
To investigate the viral etiology of pneumonia among hospitalized patients. Material andMethods:
All adults with pneumonia that were hospitalized were prospectively enrolled at Puerto Montt hospital. A microbiological and viral assessment was carried out. Viral assessment included direct immunofluorescence of nasopharyngeal aspirates for influenza A and B virus and serum samples obtained during the acute phase of the disease and during convalescence for Hanta virus.Results:
Between April 1 2005 and March 31 2006,159 adults aged 62 ± 20 years (58 % males), were admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. Mean hospital stay was 11.9 ± 8.6 days. Four patients had Hantavirus acute infection. Other viruses were identified in twelve patients (7.7%). Nine had influenza A, one syncytial respiratory virus, one syncytial and influenza A virus and one varicella zoster virus. Excluding patients with Hantavirus, no significant differences in age, clinical presentation, chest X ray findings, laboratory results and mortality were observed between patients with bacterial or viral etiology of the pneumonia.Conclusions:
Viral etiology was confirmed in 10% of adult patients hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Viral
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article