| Title | Severity of human rhinovirus infection in immunocompromised adults is similar to that of 2009 H1N1 influenza. | ||
| Author | Kraft, Colleen S; Jacob, Jesse T; Sears, Marti H; Burd, Eileen M; Caliendo, Angela M; Lyon, G Marshall | ||
| Journal | J Clin Microbiol | Publication Year/Month | 2012-Mar |
| PMID | 22205807 | PMCID | PMC3295181 |
| Affiliation | 1.Emory University, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. colleen.kraft@emory.edu. | ||
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.