Etiological classification of virus in adult community-acquired pneumonia in Yantai

VernacularTitle:烟台市成人社区获得性肺炎病毒病原学分类的研究
Author: Hongxia YU ; Yongqin CHEN ; Zenghui PU ; Maomao ZHAO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Community-acquired infections; Noxae
From: Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2014;13(10):842-843
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: To employ multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to classify the types of virus in 128 patients of community-acquired pneumonia and analyze the relationship between type of virus,age and seasons.The positive rate of viral pneumonia was 34.4％ (44/128).In 44 virus positive patients,the rates of influenza A virus,rhinovirus,adenovirus,parainfluenza type 1,human metapneumovirus virus,influenza B virus,parainfluenza type 2,parainfluenza type 3 and enterovirus were 22.7％ (10/44),15.9％ (7/44),15.9％ (7/44),9.1％ (4/44),9.1％ (4/44)6.8％ (3/44),2.3％ (1/44),2.3％ (1/44) and 2.3％ (1/44) respectively.And other 6(13.6％) patients were at least infected by one virus.The viral pneumonia had a high positive rate in spring and winter.And the age group of 20 to 29 years had a high positive rate.The major pathogen contributing to adult community-acquired pneumonia in Yantai were influenza A virus,rhinovirus and adenovirus.