Respiratory syncytial virus is not an important community acquired pathogen in adult hematological malignancy patients.
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2006-11-06
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been reported as a leading cause of upper and lower viral respiratory tract infection in high-risk adult populations. We prospectively studied 48 patients with hematological malignancies over a period of 2 years. Throat and nasal washings were subjected to immunofluorescence and cell culture for virus isolation. Of these 48 patients, 31 had acute leukemia, 6 had chronic leukemia, 10 had lymphoma and one had multiple myeloma. The median age of the patients was 20 years with a male to female ratio of 4:1. No RSV was detected in any of the samples. RSV was not found as a major cause of community acquired upper respiratory tract infections in adults with hematological malignancies in India.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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Mishra B, Malhotra P, Mandall J, Ratho RK, Varma S. Respiratory syncytial virus is not an important community acquired pathogen in adult hematological malignancy patients. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2006 Nov; 37(6): 1132-3