id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-256244-f5zsy56p Funakoshi, Yu Enterovirus D68 respiratory infection in a children's hospital in Japan in 2015 2019-08-22 .txt text/plain 3854 231 47 Mycoplasma pneumonia was tested for using the loop-mediated isothermal amplification method (Eiken Chemical, Tokyo, Japan) 15 when physicians in charge considered it as a potential etiologic pathogen based on patient age and symptoms regardless of the patient's eligibility for this study. We encountered an outbreak of EV-D68 in the autumn of 2015 (September-October), in which the number of patients with respiratory symptoms who required treatment for wheezing increased dramatically compared with previous years. 19, 29, 30 In the present study, EV-D68 infection with a history of asthma was not associated with either severity (defined as ICU admission, magnesium sulfate use, or ventilation support) nor prolonged hospitalization. In contrast to previous research, asthma history was not associated with the risk of developing severe respiratory infections in the present study. Two cases of acute severe flaccid myelitis associated with enterovirus D68 infection in children ./cache/cord-256244-f5zsy56p.txt ./txt/cord-256244-f5zsy56p.txt