Clinical Characteristics and Severity Predictors of Pediatric Adenovirus Infections

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 97; no. 2; pp. e70248 - n/a
• Main Authors: Ho, Sheng‐Yuan, Zhou, Yu‐Ting, Ho, Shu‐Yuan, Hu, Ya‐Li, Yen, Ting‐Yu, Huang, Kuan‐Ying A., Lu, Chun‐Yi, Huang, Li‐Min, Chang, Luan‐Yin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2025
• Subjects: Adenoviridae Infections - diagnosis; Adenoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Adenovirus; Adenovirus Infections, Human - diagnosis; Adenovirus Infections, Human - epidemiology; Adenoviruses; Adolescent; bacterial coinfection; Bronchopneumonia; Child; Child, Preschool; children; Coinfection - epidemiology; Coinfection - virology; Consolidation; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Data collection; Dyspnea; Female; Genetic disorders; Humans; Infant; Intensive care; Male; Opacity; Pediatrics; Pleural effusion; predictors; Respiration; Retrospective Studies; Seasons; severe cases; Severity of Illness Index; Taiwan - epidemiology; Vigilance; Taiwan; predictors; bacterial coinfection; children; severe cases; adenovirus

ABSTRACT Adenovirus infections impose a significant disease burden on children and can result in poor clinical outcomes, thus requiring intensive care and potentially leading to fatality. We retrospectively analyzed pediatric adenovirus cases from 2018 to 2023 at a children's hospital in Taiwan...