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Table 2 Findings of three types of genetic test assays of nasopharyngeal specimen upon admission

From: Neurogenic pulmonary edema following febrile status epilepticus in a 22-month-old infant with multiple respiratory virus co-detection: a case report

 

Real-time RT-PCRa (Cq value)

BIOFIRE FILMARRAY

Respiratory Panelb

Metagenomic analysis using NGS; number of reads

(Total, 17,937,281 reads obtained as RNA-Seq metagenomics)

Nasopharyngeal specimen

Upon admission

Human coronavirus HKU1 (21.5)

Influenza C virus (19.7)

Human parainfluenza virus 2 (36.4)

(16 viruses undetectable)

Human coronavirus HKU1 +

Human parainfluenza virus 2 +

(12 viruses and 3 bacteria undetectable)

Human coronavirus HKU1 714 reads (0.004%)

Influenza C virus 4698 reads (0.026%)

Human 16,716,897 reads (93.1%)

(No other viruses read)

Nasopharyngeal specimen

Hospital day 2

Human coronavirus HKU1 (30.0)

Influenza C virus (25.9)

(17 viruses undetectable)

NE

NE

Serum on admission

NE

NE

No viruses read

Cerebrospinal fluid upon admission

NE

NE

No viruses read

  1. a Targeting nineteen respiratory viruses: influenza A (subtype H1pdm and H3), influenza B and C, human metapneumovirus, human respiratory syncytial viruses A and B, human bocavirus, rhinovirus, human respirovirus 1 and 3, human parainfluenza viruses 2 and 4, human adenoviruses 2 and 4, human coronaviruses NL63, OC43, HKU1 and 229E
  2. b Targeting fourteen respiratory viruses: influenza A and B, human metapneumovirus, human respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus/enterovirus, human parainfluenza viruses 2 and 4, human adenoviruses 2 and 4, human adenovirus, human coronaviruses NL63, OC43, HKU1 and 229E. Targeted bacteria: Bordetella pertussis, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Influenza C virus was not included in the targeted panel and was thus undetectable
  3. NE not examined. +, positive