id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-347443-0evqo01m Litwin, Christine M. Seasonality and prevalence of respiratory pathogens detected by multiplex PCR at a tertiary care medical center 2013-07-24 .txt text/plain 3991 218 50 Seasonality has been reported for many viruses, including influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and the recently described human metapneumovirus (hMPV). Major causes of bronchiolitis and lower respiratory tract illnesses in children include respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), parainfluenza viruses, influenza virus, and human metapneumovirus (hMPV). The organism/viruses detected by the FilmArray included adenovirus, influenza A virus (FluA), influenza B virus (FluB), parainfluenza virus 1 (Para 1), parainfluenza virus 2 (Para 2), parainfluenza virus 3 (Para 3), parainfluenza virus 4 (Para 4), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), coronavirus 229E (CoronaV 229E), CoronaV NL63, CoronaV HKU1, CoronaV OC43, human metapneumovirus (hMPV), Bordetella pertussis, Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In our study, 939 specimens were analyzed over the course of a year using a respiratory pathogen multiplex PCR that yielded a positivity rate of 65 % with multiple analytes detected in 12 % of specimens, especially in children. RSV and hMPV PCR-positive cases were statistically much more likely than Rhino/Entero PCR-positive infections to initially present with pneumonia or bronchiolitis in our study. ./cache/cord-347443-0evqo01m.txt ./txt/cord-347443-0evqo01m.txt