OBJECTIVES: To identify the viral aetiology in adult @entity1 with severe @entity1729 (SARI) admitted to sentinel surveillance institutions in Bogot   in 2012. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study was conducted in which microarray molecular techniques for viral identification were used on nasopharyngeal samples of adult @entity1 submitted to the surveillance system, and further descriptions of clinical features and relevant clinical outcomes, such as mortality, need for critical care, use of mechanical ventilation and hospital stay, were obtained. SETTING: @entity1729 requiring hospital admission in surveillance centres in Bogot  , Colombia. @entity1 : Ninety-one adult @entity1 with @entity1729 (55% were female). MEASUREMENTS: Viral identification, intensive care unit admission, hospital stay, and mortality. RESULTS: Viral identification was achieved for 63 @entity1 (69.2%). Comorbidity was frequently identified and mainly involved chronic @entity358 or pregnancy. Influenza, Bocavirus and @entity9504 were identified in 30.8%, 28.6% and 18.7% of the cases, respectively. Admission to the intensive care unit occurred in 42.9% of the cases, while mechanical ventilation was required for 36.3%. The average hospital stay was 9.9 days, and mortality was 15.4%. Antibiotics were empirically used in 90.1% of @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of viral aetiology of SARI in this study was high, with adverse clinical outcomes, intensive care requirements and high mortality.

Viral Infection in Adults with Severe Acute XXXX in Colombia.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity9504 :: ('MESH:D000257', 'Disease') :: ['Adenovirus'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary disease'] @entity1729 :: ('MESH:D012141', 'Disease') :: ['Respiratory infections', 'acute respiratory infection']
@entity1729 :: (MESH:D012141,Disease) :: ['Respiratory Infection']
