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Microarray detection of human parainfluenzavirus 4 infection associated with respiratory failure in an immunocompetent adult.

ABSTRACT: A pan-viral DNA microarray, the Virochip (University of California, San Francisco), was used to detect human parainfluenzavirus 4 (HPIV-4) infection in an immunocompetent adult presenting with a life-threatening acute respiratory illness. The virus was identified in an endotracheal aspirate specimen, and the microarray results were confirmed by specific polymerase chain reaction and serological analysis for HPIV-4. Conventional clinical laboratory testing using an extensive panel of microbiological tests failed to yield a diagnosis. This case suggests that the potential severity of disease caused by HPIV-4 in adults may be greater than previously appreciated and illustrates the clinical utility of a microarray for broad-based viral pathogen screening.

SUBMITTER: Chiu CY

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7108001 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Microarray detection of human parainfluenzavirus 4 infection associated with respiratory failure in an immunocompetent adult.

Chiu Charles Y CY Rouskin Silvi S Koshy Anita A Urisman Anatoly A Fischer Kael K Yagi Shigeo S Schnurr David D Eckburg Paul B PB Tompkins Lucy S LS Blackburn Brian G BG Merker Jason D JD Patterson Bruce K BK Ganem Don D DeRisi Joseph L JL

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20060901 8

A pan-viral DNA microarray, the Virochip (University of California, San Francisco), was used to detect human parainfluenzavirus 4 (HPIV-4) infection in an immunocompetent adult presenting with a life-threatening acute respiratory illness. The virus was identified in an endotracheal aspirate specimen, and the microarray results were confirmed by specific polymerase chain reaction and serological analysis for HPIV-4. Conventional clinical laboratory testing using an extensive panel of microbiologi ...[more]

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Microarray detection of human parainfluenzavirus 4 infection associated with respiratory failure in an immunocompetent adult.

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Microarray detection of human parainfluenzavirus 4 infection associated with respiratory failure in an immunocompetent adult.

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