Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Open Access

Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients with Respiratory Viral Detection

In hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients, respiratory virus infections (RVI) are a common cause of morbidity and mortality. Asymptomatic pediatric HSCT pre- transplant patients and symptomatic post-transplant patients were studied for clinical features and respiratory viral detection. Pre-transplant and at the first post- transplant event, coxsackie/echovirus (the most prevalent virus detected pre and post-transplant), rhinovirus, and coronavirus were all detected, indicating sustained detection.There was no link between viral identification and any of the clinical features studied, and there was no increase in mortality related with asymptomatic viral detection.

Author(s):

Chloe Wilson

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