Co-detection of bocavirus and bacteria in a respiratory specimen from a pregnant woman using multiplex real time PCR; a pathogenic role, or a bystander?

Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Microbiology 2008-3289 12 1 2020 03 03 Co-detection of bocavirus and bacteria in a respiratory specimen from a pregnant woman using multiplex real time PCR; a pathogenic role, or a bystander? 70 72 Khosrow Agin Department of Pulmonary and Heart Ward, Loqman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Iman Rezaee Clinical Virology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Zahra Heydarifard Clinical Virology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Seyed-Mohammad Jazayeri Clinical Virology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2019 07 16 2020 01 19 A pregnant woman presented by cough and dyspenia. Employing a respiratory multiplex real-time PCR, Human bocavirus (HBoV), Haemophilus influenza and Staphylococcus aureus were positive at cycle thresholds (CTs) of 21, 35 and 33.5, respectively. The patient was diagnosed for bacterial respiratory infection superimposed by bocavirus due to a relative high CT value. Patient’s condition improved using bronchodilators and corticosteroid without any further antibiotic treatment. HBoV is not exclusively a bystander pathogen in some patients. https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/2255 https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/download/2255/1224