Detection of parainfluenza virus in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients in a tertiary hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Author(s)

Sheila N Parmezan ^[1] ; Clarice Camargo ^[2] ; Aripuanã Watanabe ^[3] ; Patricio Godoy-Martínez ^[4] ; Celso Granato ^[5] ; Nancy Bellei ^[6]

Affiliation

^[1] Universidad Federal de São Paulo. Departamento de Medicina. Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas - Brasil

^[2] Universidad Federal de São Paulo. Departamento de Medicina. Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas - Brasil

^[3] Universidad Federal de São Paulo. Departamento de Medicina. Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas - Brasil

^[4] Universidad Austral de Chile. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Microbiología Clínica - Chile

^[5] Universidad Federal de São Paulo. Departamento de Medicina. Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas - Brasil

^[6] Universidad Federal de São Paulo. Departamento de Medicina. Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Rev. chil. infectol.; v. 33, n. 5, p. 501-504, 2016-10-00.

Abstract

Parainfluenza virus infections (PIV) were evaluated in patients with mild and severe infections through real time PCR. One thousand and sixty-seven samples were collected from subjects as follows: 233 adult renal transplanted outpatients, 129 children with congenital heart disease, 381 with adult hematopoietic stem cell patients and 324 hospitalized patients suspected of influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 infection. PIV was detected in 74 (6.9%) samples. VPI-3 was the most frequent (60.8%) and a higher risk was observed for older adults (p = 0.018) and for those who were hematopoietic stem cell transplanted. Further studies are needed to understand the VPI role in patients' at risk for developing serious illness. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/11888-4 - Parainfluenza virus 1-4 detection by Real Time PCR in respiratory samples of different population in São Paulo
• Grantee: Nancy Cristina Junqueira Bellei
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants