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Impact of emerging respiratory viruses and herpesviruses on pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis
... Further studies should clarify whether our findings reflect a non-specific colonization (HBoV) or reactivation (EBV) in an otherwise severely infected organ or if these viral infections worsen lung tissue inflammation and thus accelerate the progression of lung disease in CF. Results were partly presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the German Society of Microbiology and Hygiene (DGHM) in Göttingen, Germany (20-23 September 2009) [13]. ...
Respiratory viruses discovered in the 21st century and human herpes viruses (N=13) were seldom (4/50) detected in our cystic fibrosis patients although exacerbation frequency (7.75+/-2.9/a versus 4.45+/-2.1/a; p=0.03) and colonization with Aspergillus fumigatus (RR: 2.6; CI95: 1.8-3.7), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (RR: 1.84; CI95: 1.4-2.4), and Staphylococcus aureus (RR: 1.5; CI95: 1.2-1.9) including MRSA (RR: 4.6; CI95: 1.3-16.6) were associated with virus positivity. Further studies should clarify whether this finding reflects non-specific colonization (human Bocavirus) or reactivation (Epstein-Barr virus) or rather an acceleration of lung tissue inflammation.
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