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Parainfluenza type 3 outbreaks in Izmir children, Turkey

Figen Gülen MD  ¹   Candan Cicek MD  ²   Zafer Kurugol MD  ³   Esen Demir MD  ¹   Dost Zeyrek MD  ¹   Rahmi Özdemir MD  ¹   Remziye Tanac MD  ¹   Tuba Karatas MD  ²

¹ Division of Allergy and Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics,; ² Department of Clinical Microbiology;; ³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Ege University Medical Faculty, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

Correspondence to: Figen Gülen, Division of Allergy an Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Aegean University School of Medicine, TR-35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey figen.gulen{at}ege.edu.tr

The present study was aimed to investigate characteristics of lower respiratory tract infections caused by parainfluenza type 3 viruses. Nasopharyngeal smears were taken from 178 patients with lower respiratory infections for the diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, influenza and parainfluenza viruses between December 2004 and April 2005. Parainfluenza type 3 was isolated from the viral specimens of 96 (53.9%) patients and it was noticeable that the parainfluenza type 3 outbreak occurs during winter. Obviously, improving the aetiological diagnosis of viral infections might avoid unnecessary therapy, antibiotics in particular, and would allow for preventive isolation of infected patients.

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