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Article

Pathogen Profile of Children Hospitalised with Viral Respiratory Infections in Galati County, Romania

by
Elena-Roxana Matache (Vasilache)
1,2,†,
Gabriela Gurau
1,2,*,†,
Cosmin-Raducu Raileanu
1,2,*,†,
Anamaria Zaharescu
3,†,
Gabriel Valeriu Popa
3,†,
Nicoleta-Maricica Maftei
2,4,†,
Camelia Busila
5,6,
Madalina Nicoleta Matei
3,5,† and
Dana Tutunaru
4,7,†
1
Department of Morphological and Functional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Dunarea de Jos” University, 800008 Galati, Romania
2
Medical Laboratory Department, “Sf. Ioan” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, 800494 Galati, Romania
3
Department of Dental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Dunarea de Jos” University, 800008 Galati, Romania
4
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Dunarea de Jos” University, 80008 Galati, Romania
5
“Sf. Ioan” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, 800494 Galati, Romania
6
Medical Clinical Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Dunarea de Jos” University, 800008 Galati, Romania
7
Medical Laboratory Department, “Sf. Apostol Andrei” Emergency Clinical Hospital, 800578 Galati, Romania
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Viruses 2025, 17(4), 586; https://doi.org/10.3390/v17040586
Submission received: 18 December 2024 / Revised: 14 April 2025 / Accepted: 17 April 2025 / Published: 19 April 2025
(This article belongs to the Section Human Virology and Viral Diseases)
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Abstract

Respiratory infections are the most common infectious diseases among children, representing a cause of death and generating a significant number of hospitalisations. The aim of the study was to analyse the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of viral pathogens causing respiratory tract infections in newborns and young children admitted to Galati pediatric hospital between October 2022 and December 2023. The diagnosis was performed using multiplex RT-PCR panels, which allowed simultaneous identification of respiratory pathogens (viruses and bacteria). From a total of 803 hospitalised patients with respiratory diseases, 607 (75.6%) children had a positive result for at least one respiratory virus and 96 patients (11.9%) were identified with bacterial infections. Mixed coinfections were found in almost half of the patients (44.5%). Most of RSV positive children had an increased length of stay, more than 7 days. It was shown a decline in severe cases of viral respiratory infections with prolonged hospitalisation as patients age up to 5 years.
Keywords: viral respiratory infections; RT-PCR; children viral respiratory infections; RT-PCR; children

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Matache, E.-R.; Gurau, G.; Raileanu, C.-R.; Zaharescu, A.; Popa, G.V.; Maftei, N.-M.; Busila, C.; Matei, M.N.; Tutunaru, D. Pathogen Profile of Children Hospitalised with Viral Respiratory Infections in Galati County, Romania. Viruses 2025, 17, 586. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17040586

AMA Style

Matache E-R, Gurau G, Raileanu C-R, Zaharescu A, Popa GV, Maftei N-M, Busila C, Matei MN, Tutunaru D. Pathogen Profile of Children Hospitalised with Viral Respiratory Infections in Galati County, Romania. Viruses. 2025; 17(4):586. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17040586

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Matache (Vasilache), Elena-Roxana, Gabriela Gurau, Cosmin-Raducu Raileanu, Anamaria Zaharescu, Gabriel Valeriu Popa, Nicoleta-Maricica Maftei, Camelia Busila, Madalina Nicoleta Matei, and Dana Tutunaru. 2025. "Pathogen Profile of Children Hospitalised with Viral Respiratory Infections in Galati County, Romania" Viruses 17, no. 4: 586. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17040586

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Matache, E.-R., Gurau, G., Raileanu, C.-R., Zaharescu, A., Popa, G. V., Maftei, N.-M., Busila, C., Matei, M. N., & Tutunaru, D. (2025). Pathogen Profile of Children Hospitalised with Viral Respiratory Infections in Galati County, Romania. Viruses, 17(4), 586. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17040586

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