caa a22 4500 477070787 CHVBK 20180405111424.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01701518 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01701518 Respiratory syncytial virus infection in the elderly [Elektronische Daten] [G. Mlinaric-Galinovic, A. Falsey, E. Walsh] Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and children throughout the world. Respiratory syncytial virus infections in the elderly represent reinfections in hosts who have had many prior episodes. Thus, RSV infections are usually not considered serious in adults, since reinfections are generally known to result in mild disease. Nevertheless, in adults, as in children, the infection has been reported to cause altered airway resistance and exacerbation of chronic obstructive lung disease. In people over 60 years of age, RSV usually causes mild nasal congestion, but can also result in fever, anorexia, pneumonia, bronchitis, and even death. Diagnosis of RSV infection in the elderly by the standard methods used in children is not as successful as in the latter group. This may be due to a combination of factors such as shorter shedding phase, lower viral titers, and dry mucosa. An alternative, rapid, and direct viral diagnostic method, the polymerase chain reaction, has recently been introduced in the diagnosis of RSV infections. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Mlinaric-Galinovic G. Department of Microbiology, A. Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb, 10000, Rockefellerova 4, Zagreb, Croatia aut Falsey A. Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Rochester General Hospital, 1425 Portland Avenue, 14621, Rochester, New York, USA aut Walsh E. Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Rochester General Hospital, 1425 Portland Avenue, 14621, Rochester, New York, USA aut European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Springer-Verlag 15/10(1996-10-01), 777-781 0934-9723 15:10<777 1996 15 10096 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701518 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701518 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mlinaric-Galinovic G. Department of Microbiology, A. Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb, 10000, Rockefellerova 4, Zagreb, Croatia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Falsey A. Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Rochester General Hospital, 1425 Portland Avenue, 14621, Rochester, New York, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walsh E. Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Rochester General Hospital, 1425 Portland Avenue, 14621, Rochester, New York, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Springer-Verlag 15/10(1996-10-01), 777-781 0934-9723 15:10<777 1996 15 10096 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer