CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / O metapneumovÃrus humano (MPVh) à um vÃrus que tem se destacado como um dos agentes mais freqÃentes de infecÃÃes respiratÃrias agudas (IRA) virais na infÃncia. Este estudo teve como objetivos: observar a freqÃÃncia das infecÃÃes causadas pelo MPVh em crianÃas atendidas por IRA no Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin, hospital pediÃtrico de referÃncia do estado do CearÃ, no perÃodo de janeiro de 2006 a dezembro de 2007; descrever aspectos de sazonalidade dessas infecÃÃes relacionando-as com a ocorrÃncia de chuvas e a circulaÃÃo de outros vÃrus respiratÃrios; descrever as caracterÃsticas clÃnico-epidemiolÃgicas dos pacientes infectados pelo MPVh, comparando com os pacientes negativos e com os positivos para outros vÃrus e avaliar a tÃcnica de IFI como mÃtodo de diagnÃstico para a detecÃÃo do MPVh. Amostras de secreÃÃo de nasofaringe foram coletadas de crianÃas com sintomas de IRA e submetidas à tÃcnica de imunofluorescÃncia indireta para detecÃÃo dos seguintes vÃrus respiratÃrios: MPVh, vÃrus sincicial respiratÃrio (VSR), influenza A e B, adenovÃrus e parainfluenza 1, 2 e 3. Durante os 24 meses de estudo, foram colhidas amostras de 1276 crianÃas sendo detectado algum vÃrus respiratÃrio em 380 (29,78%) amostras. O MPVh foi o segundo vÃrus respiratÃrio mais encontrado representando um total de 8,69% de todas as amostras e de 29% dentre as amostras positivas para os vÃrus pesquisados. NÃo foi observado para o MPVh um padrÃo de sazonalidade nem correlaÃÃo com perÃodo chuvoso. A maioria dos pacientes positivos para MPVh foram atendidos na emergÃncia (89,2%). A mÃdia de idade dos pacientes positivos para o MPVh foi de 27 meses sendo significativamente superior que a das crianÃas infectadas pelo VSR (15 meses), adenovÃrus (14 meses) e vÃrus parainfluenza 3 (18 meses). Dentre os pacientes infectados pelo MPVh, 53,2% tiveram o diagnÃstico de infecÃÃes das vias aÃreas superiores e 46,7% tiveram o diagnÃstico de infecÃÃes das vias aÃreas inferiores. As infecÃÃes por MPVh apresentaram o mesmo espectro de infecÃÃes causadas pelos demais vÃrus pesquisados. O MPVh associou-se mais a casos de pneumonia que levaram à hospitalizaÃÃo das crianÃas infectadas do que outros vÃrus analisados. Mais da metade dos pacientes infectados pelo MPVh utilizaram o aerossol / salbutamol no seu tratamento (68,5%). A tÃcnica de IFI mostrou-se bastante eficaz como mÃtodo de diagnÃstico para a detecÃÃo do MPVh nesse estudo / The human metapneumovÃrus (hMPV) is a newly discovered virus that has been considered as one of the most common agents of acute respiratory infections (ARI) virus in childhood. The objectives of this study were: 1) to observe the frequency of infections caused by hMPV among children attending Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin, a major pediatric hospital in CearÃ, from January 2006 to December 2007; 2) to describe aspects of seasonality of these infections relating them to the occurrence of rain and the circulation of other respiratory viruses, 3) to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients infected by hMPV, compared with positive and negative patients for other viruses; 4) to evaluate the IFI assay as a method of diagnosis for the detection of hMPV. Nasopharyngeal aspirates were collected from children with symptoms of ARI and submitted to indirect immunofluorescence assays for the detection of the following respiratory viruses: hMPV, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza A and B, adenovirus and parainfluenza 1, 2 and 3. During the 24 months of study, samples were collected from 1276 and respiratory viruses were demonstrated in 380 (29.78%) samples. The hMPV was the second most frequently detected respiratory viruses representing a total of 8.69% of all samples and 29% among the samples positive for the virus analyzed. It was not observed for hMPV a pattern of seasonality or correlation with the rainy season. Most patients positive for hMPV were attended in the emergence (89.2%). The mean age of patients infected by hMPV was 27 months, wich is significantly older than that for VSR (15 months), adenovirus (14 months) and parainfluenza virus 3 (18 months). Among patients infected by hMPV, 53.2% had a diagnosis of infections of the upper airways and 46.7% had a diagnosis of infections of the lower airways. The hMPV infections showed the same spectrum of infections caused by other viruses analyzed. The hMPV associated to more cases of pneumonia that led to the hospitalization of children infected than other viruses analyzed. More than half of these patients used the aerosol / salbutamol as conduct therapy (68.5%). The IFI assay proved to be quite effective as a method of diagnosis for the detection of hMPV in this study
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IBICT/oai:www.teses.ufc.br:1081 |
| Date | 26 February 2008 |
| Creators | Joyce Fonteles Ribeiro |
| Contributors | Fernanda Edna AraÃjo Moura, Jorge Luiz Nobre Rodrigues, Luis Carlos Rey, Edison Luiz Durigon |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal do CearÃ, Programa de PÃs-GraduaÃÃo em Microbiologia MÃdica, UFC, BR |
| Source Sets | IBICT Brazilian ETDs |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFC, instname:Universidade Federal do Ceará, instacron:UFC |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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