Clinical description of human bocavirus viremia in children with LRTI, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.

Bubshait, Dalal K; Albuali, Waleed Hamad; Yousef, Abdullah A; Obeid, Obeid Elteifi; Alkharsah, Khaled R; Hassan, Manal Ismaeel; Vatte, Chittibabu; Alzahrani, Alhusain J; Bukhari, Huda.

Afiliação

Bubshait DK; Department of Pediatrics, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Albuali WH; Department of Pediatrics, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Yousef AA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Obeid OE; Department of Microbiology, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Alkharsah KR; Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Center for Research and Consultation Studies, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Hassan MI; Department of Microbiology, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Vatte C; Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Center for Research and Consultation Studies, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Alzahrani AJ; Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Bukhari H; Department of Medicine, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Ann Thorac Med ; 10(2): 146-9, 2015.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25829968

ABSTRACT

Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a major etiology of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in young children. We tested 149 patients admitted to King Fahd Hospital of the University with diagnosis of LRTI. Viremia caused by the different studied viruses was detected in 31.5% of the total cases by Real-time Polymerase chain reaction. We report five patients who were positive for HBoV in serum samples. Clinical presentation ranged from mild to severe disease as one of them required admission to intensive care unit. Wheezing was a striking feature in most of our patients, but fever was not a consistent finding.

Palavras-chave

Viremia; children; saudi Arabia

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