rologie i - European Congress of Virology

5 th European Congress of VirologyIntroduction and aim: Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) aresome of the most common diseases that occur in both children and adults,Their rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential to patient management. Theaim of this study to evaluate with respect to types, ratio, and co infectiontrends of infected respiratory viruses.Material and methods: Between January 2010 and December 2012, 807clinical specimens were collected from patient submitted to Adnan MenderesUniversity Hospital in Aydin. The screening of respiratory viruseswas performed with a commercial multiplex PCR based method. Results:The mean and median ages of all patients were 9,45 and 4,60 years (range,1 to 91 years), respectively. Of the 807 submitted clinical samples 364(45,1%) specimens were positive for at least one respiratory virus. The percentageof the viruses detected were 39,3% for human rhinovirus, 13,7%for human respiratory syncytial virus A, 2,5% for human respiratory syncytialvirus B, 7,1% for human adenovirus, 14,0% for influenza A virus,1,1% for influenza B virus, 4,9% for human metapneumovirus,2,5% forhuman coronavirus OC43, 0,3% for human coronavirus 229E/NL63, 2,2%for human parainfluenza virus (HPIV) 1, 0,5% for HPIV 2, and 3,0%for HPIV 3. The co infection analysis showed 9,34% of double or tripleinfections.Conclusion: Human rhinovirus virus was the most common virus in allpatients. Early detection of a viral respiratory infection is crucial for theimplementation of timely and appropriate treatment and restriction ofantibiotic therapy.REF 528Unexpected high prevalence of HMPV acute infection among children