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Pulmonary and extrapulmonary complications of human rhinovirus infection in critically ill patients.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2016
To Kelvin K W, Lau Susanna K P, Chan Kwok-Hei, Mok Ka-Yi, Luk Hayes K H, Yip Cyril C Y, Ma Yat-Kwan, Sinn Lorraine H Y, Lam Sonia H Y, Ngai Chun-Wai, Hung Ivan F N, Chan Kwok-Hung, Yuen Kwok-Yung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human rhinovirus (HRV) is frequently detected in patients with respiratory tract infection. However, the full clinical spectrum of HRV infection in critically ill patients is not well characterized. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical and virological characteristics of critically ill patients with HRV infection. STUDY DESIGN: HRV-specific reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was...
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