Quantification of adenovirus in the lower respiratory tract of patients without clinical adenovirus-related respiratory disease.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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Abstract
Adenovirus in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples from 50 patients without adenovirus-related illness was quantified. In 49 patients, adenovirus was found (median load, 3.3 x 10(3) copies/microg of DNA). The adenovirus load was inversely related to lymphocyte count (Pearson correlation coefficient r = -0.311; P = .03) and was significantly greater in immunosuppressed patients than in immunocompetent patients (5.1 x 10(3) vs. 2.0 x 10(3) copies/microg of DNA; P = .028).
Medical subject headings
- Adenoviruses, Human
- Carrier State
- Respiratory System