Human Metapneumovirus Pneumonia in Adults: Results of a Prospective Study

Jennie Johnstone 2 Sumit R. Majumdar 2 Julie D. Fox 0 1 Thomas J. Marrie 2 0 University of Calgary , Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1 Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (Microbiology) 2 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta , Edmonton We prospectively collected clinical, laboratory, and radiographic data regarding community-acquired human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection in consecutive adults hospitalized with pneumonia. hMPV infection was diagnosed using highly accurate reverse-transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis of nasopharyngeal samples. Eight (4%) of 193 patients had hMPV RNA present, all detected during influenza season. hMPV is an important cause of pneumonia in adults. 1 R I s SP lsa IV II IV II II IV I c In In I , g Acknowledgments (...truncated)