Mixed Viral Infections Circulating in Hospitalized Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections in Kuwait
Table 1
Clinical manifestations of patients with mixed and single viral detection for twelve respiratory viruses.
Viruses
URTI
Bronchitis
Bronchiolitis
Pneumonia
LRTI
Total
Total (%)
Mixed detection
Single detection
Mixed detection
Single detection
Mixed detection
Single detection
Mixed detection
Single detection
Mixed detection
Single detection
Mixed detection
Single detection
Viral detection
WUV
2
0
0
3
2
3
2
1
4
7
6 (1.7)
7 (2)
13 (3.7)
KIV
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
3
1
4 (1.1)
2 (0.6)
6 (1.7)
Boca
0
5
2
3
3
5
1
0
6
8
6 (1.5)
13 (3.7)
19 (5.4)
HCoV-OC43
1
9
1
13
4
3
7
5
12
21
13 (3.7)
30 (8.5)
43 (12.3)
HCoV-229E
0
1
0
5
2
5
1
0
3
10
3 (0.9)
11 (3.1)
14 (4)
AdV
2
4
3
6
4
3
5
3
12
12
14 (4)
16 (4.6)
30 (8.5)
FluA
4
5
2
11
3
8
1
19
6
38
10 (2.8)
43 (12.3)
53 (15.1)
RSV
3
9
2
0
3
19
3
7
8
26
11 (3.1)
35 (10)
46 (13.1)
PIV-3
1
2
0
2
1
2
0
2
1
6
2 (0.6)
8 (2.3)
10 (2.8)
HRV
2
5
2
39
8
45
13
32
23
116
25 (7.1)
121 (33.9)
146 (41.6)
PIV-1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2 (0.6)
4 (1.1)
6 (1.7)
hMPV
4
5
1
8
0
3
1
0
2
11
6 (1.7)
16 (4.6)
22 (6.3)
Total (%)†
20 (19.6)
47 (15.4)
14 (13.7)
92 (30.1)
32 (31.4)
97 (31.7)
36 (35.3)
70 (22.9)
82 (80.3)
259 (84.6)
102 (25)
306 (75)
408
Number in parentheses represents the number of detection incidences (single or mixed) in relation to number of total (single or mixed) detection incidences in percent. Number in parentheses represents the number of detection incidences in relation to the total number of patients () in percent. Statistical significance differences between single and mixed detection in patients diagnosed with bronchiolitis and pneumonia .
