Allergy Asthma Respir Dis.  2018 Jan;6(1):47-53. 10.4168/aard.2018.6.1.47.

Bronchiolitis severity according to the infected viruses

• Lee SJ
• Park SK
• Kim JH
• Cho SM

• KMID: 2403185
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4168/aard.2018.6.1.47

Abstract

PURPOSE
The aim of this study was to evaluate the severity of disease in children with acute bronchiolitis according to the type of infected virus.
METHODS
From November 2007 to May 2015, 768 patients under 2 years of age who underwent real time-polymerase chain reaction of nasopharyngeal aspirates admitted to the Department of Pediatrics of Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital for acute bronchiolitis were enrolled. Severe bronchiolitis was defined as presence of one or more kinds among tachypnea, chest retraction, needs of O2 inhalation or ventilator care.
RESULTS
The severity of bronchiolitis was increased with shorter fever duration (P < 0.001) and previous wheezing episodes (P = 0.005). In the case of single infection, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) A only increased the severity of acute bronchiolitis (P = 0.012). However, the severity of illness decreased when RSV A coinfected with adenovirus (P = 0.034), human rhinovirus (P = 0.038), or human coronavirus NL63 (P = 0.042). On the other hand, when human rhinovirus was coinfected with enterovirus (P = 0.013) or parainfluenza 3 (P = 0.019), the severity was increased. When human metapneumovirus coinfected with human bocavirus, the severity was increased (P = 0.038).
CONCLUSION
Acute bronchiolitis was associated with increased severity only when RSV A infected solely, but several viruses increased or decreased the severity when coinfection occurred. Therefore, it may be helpful in predicting the course of the acute bronchiolitis according to the affected virus.

Keyword

Bronchiolitis; Infant; Respiratory syncytial virus; Severity

MeSH Terms

Adenoviridae
Bronchiolitis*
Child
Coinfection
Coronavirus NL63, Human
Enterovirus
Fever
Hand
Human bocavirus
Humans
Infant
Inhalation
Metapneumovirus
Paramyxoviridae Infections
Pediatrics
Respiratory Sounds
Respiratory Syncytial Viruses
Rhinovirus
Tachypnea
Thorax
Ventilators, Mechanical

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Year-round change of acute bronchiolitis with 16 respiratory viruses isolated for 768 hospitalized children.

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