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. 2010 Mar 11;115(10):2088-94.
doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-09-244152. Epub 2009 Dec 30.

Human rhinovirus and coronavirus detection among allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients

Filippo Milano  1 , Angela P Campbell, Katherine A Guthrie, Jane Kuypers, Janet A Englund, Lawrence Corey, Michael Boeckh
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Human rhinovirus and coronavirus detection among allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients

Filippo Milano et al. Blood. .

Abstract

Little is known about clinical and virologic manifestations of rhinovirus (HRV) and coronavirus (HCoV) infections after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). We performed surveillance for 1 year and describe the natural history of these infections during the first 100 days after allogeneic HCT, when symptom surveys and upper respiratory samples were collected weekly. Samples were tested using RT-PCR for HRVs and HCoVs (OC43, 229E, HKU1, and NL63). Among 215 patients, 64 (30%) patients had 67 infections. Day 100 cumulative incidence estimate was 22.3% for HRV and 11.1% for HCoV. Median duration of viral shedding was 3 weeks; prolonged shedding of at least 3 months occurred in 6 of 45 patients with HRV and 3 of 22 with HCoV. Six patients with HRV and 9 with HCoV were asymptomatic. HRV infection was associated with rhinorrhea, congestion, postnasal drip, sputum, and cough; HCoV infection was not associated with respiratory symptoms or hepatic dysfunction. Lower respiratory infection developed in 2 patients with HRV before day 100, and 1 each with HRV and HCoV after day 100. HRV and HCoV infections are common in the first 100 days after HCT, viral shedding lasts more than 3 weeks in half, and lower respiratory infection is rare.

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Cumulative incidence of first infection episodes of HRV, HCoV, and other respiratory viruses (RSV, PIV, HMPV, influenza, adenovirus) after transplantation in 215 HCT recipients.
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Figure 2
Incident detections of HRV and all subtypes of HCoV by month (n = 67 incident detections).
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Figure 3
Duration of HRV (white) and HCoV (black) shedding for 45 and 22 infection episodes, respectively.
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