Severity of human rhinovirus infection in immunocompromised adults is similar to that of 2009 H1N1 influenza

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Mar;50(3):1061-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.06579-11. Epub 2012 Jan 11.

Abstract

This retrospective chart review of patients at a tertiary referral center compares characteristics and clinical features of patients diagnosed with human rhinovirus (HRV) infection to those of patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza A (pH1N1) during the pandemic respiratory season of 2009 to 2010. Hospital admission rates, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and mortality were not statistically different between the HRV and pH1N1 groups; however, more patients in the HRV group were considered immunocompromised.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Common Cold / mortality
  • Common Cold / pathology*
  • Common Cold / virology*
  • Critical Care
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / mortality
  • Influenza, Human / pathology*
  • Influenza, Human / virology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Rhinovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Survival Analysis