Molecular detection of respiratory pathogens and typing of human rhinovirus of adults hospitalized for exacerbation of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Published in: Respiratory research Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 210 - 9
• Main Authors: Ko, Fanny Wai-san, Chan, Paul Kay-sheung, Chan, Renee W. Y., Chan, Ka-Pang, Ip, April, Kwok, Angela, Ngai, Jenny Chun-li, Ng, So-Shan, On, Chan Tat, Hui, David Shu-cheong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 13.09.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adults; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asthma; Asthma - microbiology; Asthma - virology; Asthma exacerbations; Bacteria - chemistry; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD exacerbations; Diagnosis; Etiology; Female; Genotypes; Hospital patients; Hospitalization; Humans; Identification and classification; Influenza A; Influenza A virus; Lung diseases; Lung diseases, Obstructive; Male; Medical examination; Methods; Middle Aged; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Obstructive lung disease; Pathogenic microorganisms; Pathogens; Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data; Patients; Polymerase chain reaction; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - microbiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - virology; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory Function Tests; Respiratory Tract Infections - microbiology; Respiratory Tract Infections - virology; Rhinovirus; Rhinovirus - chemistry; Rhinoviruses; Treatment Outcome; Viruses; Hong Kong, China; Viruses; Asthma exacerbations; COPD exacerbations

Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) and asthma are associated with a variety of precipitating factors including infection. This study assessed the infective viral etiologies by real-time multiplex polymerase chain reaction of patients hospitalized with AECOPD and as...