| Literature DB >> 18194097 |
Jennie Johnstone1, Sumit R Majumdar, Julie D Fox, Thomas J Marrie.
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We prospectively collected clinical, laboratory, and radiographic data regarding community-acquired human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection in consecutive adults hospitalized with pneumonia. hMPV infection was diagnosed using highly accurate reverse-transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis of nasopharyngeal samples. Eight (4%) of 193 patients had hMPV RNA present, all detected during influenza season. hMPV is an important cause of pneumonia in adults.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18194097 DOI: 10.1086/526776
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079