Research Article

Immunocompromised Children with Severe Adenoviral Respiratory Infection

Table 1

Characteristics of immunocompromised patients admitted to the intensive care unit with adenoviral respiratory infection.

CharacteristicNumber (%)

Age group
 <1 year2 ()
 1–5 years10 (53)
 6–10 years1 ()
 11–18 years6 (32)
Female gender11 (58)
Race/ethnicity
 Caucasian 2 ()
 African-American 10 (53)
 Hispanic5 (26)
 Asian2 ()
 Other0 (0)
Cause of immunocompromised state
 Solid organ transplant3 ()
 Hematopoetic stem cell transplant9 (47)
 Human immunodeficiency virus0 (0)
 Neutropenia3 ()
 Congenital immunodeficiency 4 (21)
Mechanical ventilation17 (89)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome7 (37)
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome11 (68)
Renal replacement therapy7 (37)
Extracorporeal life support1 ()
Mortality11 (58)

Values expressed as (%).