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ArticleNorthern clinics of Istanbul2021

Assessment of respiratory tract viruses in febrile neutropenic etiology in children and comparison with healthy children with upper/lower respiratory tract infection.

Ayse Bozkurt Turhan, Tercan Us, Ener Cagri Dinleyici, Gonca Kilic Yildirim, Nilgun Kasifoglu, Zeynep Canan Ozdemir, Ozcan Bor

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Ayse Bozkurt TurhanDivision of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Tercan UsDepartment of Microbiology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Ener Cagri DinleyiciDivision of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Gonca Kilic YildirimDivision of Pediatric Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Nilgun KasifogluDepartment of Microbiology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Zeynep Canan OzdemirDivision of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Ozcan BorDivision of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Eskişehir Osmangazi University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study aims to compare the frequency of respiratory viruses using real-time and multiplex polymerase chain reaction technology and nasopharyngeal swabs taken during exacerbation of patients aged 0-18 years followed for febrile neutropenia (FN) with non-FN children.

methodsThis prospective study included a total of 40 patients with FN and malignancies followed at Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. The control group (n=76) consisted of age-matched patients with upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) or lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) who were admitted to the emergency service due to fever.

resultsViral agents were detected in 16 of 53 FN attacks (30.1%). The most commonly isolated viruses were coronavirus (23.7%, n=9), influenza B (18.4%, n=7), and adenovirus (18.4%, n=7). Of 76 children diagnosed with URTI with fever (52.6%) had viral agents, and only 28 of them had a single agent. The most commonly isolated virus was adenovirus (28.6%, n=14). Viral factors were found in 32 of 42 patients (76.1%) patients diagnosed with LRTI, while respiratory syncytial virus was the most common virus in 27 patients (21.7%, n=5).

conclusionOur study results show that viral agents play an important role in the etiology of FN. This is the first study to show that viral agents play an important role in the etiology of this disease and viral factors in non-neutropenic febrile children at the same time period by detecting respiratory viruses in 30% of FN cases. More similar studies provide antiviral therapy in selected patients, as well as these studies lead to reduce the use of antimicrobial agents or allow more selective use of antibiotics and/or the earlier discontinuation of these antibiotics in febrile neutropenic children who have been shown to have viral cause of respiratory tract infection based on clinical and microbiological/molecular diagnostic criteria.

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Childfebrile neutropeniarespiratory tract viruses

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