Adenovirus type 7 associated with severe and fatal acute lower respiratory infections in Argentine children

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Clinical features, outcome and adenovirus genotypes in 17 children with acute lower respiratory infection

Case #	Admission	Sex	Age months	Diagnosis	Underlying condition	Genotype	Outcome
1991
1	Sept	M	2	Multifocal Pneumonia	Malnutrition Grade I	2D7	NF
2	Oct	M	24	Bilateral Pneumonia	None	7h	Dead ^*Sepsis, pneumonia
3	Nov	M	3	Multifocal Pneumonia	Malnutrition Grade II, Diarrhea Preterm	7h	Dead ^**Reye Syndrome, pneumonia
4	Nov	M	8	Bronchiolitis	Previous lung Sequelae, Preterm	7h	NF
1992
5	Feb	M	3	Bronchiolitis	Preterm	1D1	Discharged
6	Feb	M	6	Bronchiolitis, Conjunctivitis	None	1D1	Discharged
7	Mar	F	7	Pneumonia	Congenital heart disease	7h	NF
8	July	M	12	Pneumonia	Previous ALRI	7h	NF
9	July	M	2	Bronchiolitis	None	7h	NF
10	July	M	15	Pneumonia, Otitis	Anemia	7h	Discharged
11	Aug	M	8	Pneumonia, Otitis	None	7h	Dead, pneumonia
12	Aug	F	2	Pneumonia	Congenital heart disease Malnutrition Grade II	7i	Dead ^***, empyema
13	Aug	M	9	Pneumonia	Macrocephaly	7i	NF
14	Sept	M	8	Bifocal Pneumonia	Hydrocephalus	7h	Discharged
15	Oct	M	8	Bifocal Pneumonia, Conjunctivitis	None	7h	NF
16	Nov	M	2	Pneumonia	None	7h	NF
17	Nov	M	6	Pneumonia, Conjunctivitis	Hypogammaglobulinemia	7h	Discharged

In all cases, blood cultures for bacteria were negative at admission. During diarrhea, the following bacteria were recovered from stools: ^* Klebsiella; ^** Pseudomona; ^***Salmonella. NF: not followed. Six patients were not followed because their parents took them from our hospital after the acute stage of the disease. Therefore, the outcome is not available.

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