RT - Journal Article T1 - Study of adenoviruses in lower respiratory tract acute infection in children in Tehran 1999-2000 JF - J-Mazand-Univ-Med-Sci YR - 2002 JO - J-Mazand-Univ-Med-Sci VO - 12 IS - 34 UR - http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-71-en.html SP - 32 EP - 37 K1 - Respiratory tract infection K1 - Çhildren K1 - Âdenovirus AB - Background and purpose: Since adenoviruses could be one of the causes of health problems in children and due to lack of epidemiologic evidences, always will be misdiagnosed with bacterial infections and treated with antibiotics. This study was planned and performed to determine the frequency of adenoviruses in lower respiratory tract infections in children under 14 years referring to 6 Tehran educational and treatment centers. Materials and methods: Ïn order to perform this study, 231 samples from lower respiratory tract of the patients suffering from acute infection were collected and transferred to transport (Hank’s) medium and kept at –20oÇ then identified with the help of fluorescent antibody technique. Results: Ïn this study, 9.5% of the samples indicated positive for adenovirus. Âlso most of clinical pictures belonged to pneumoniae (68.2%). The highest rate of infection (63.7%) was observed in the children in age group of 1-4 years, which shows statistically significant difference (P LA eng UL http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-71-en.html M3 ER -