id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-257248-aii0tj9x O'Grady, K.F. Prevalence, codetection and seasonal distribution of upper airway viruses and bacteria in children with acute respiratory illnesses with cough as a symptom 2016-02-22 .txt text/plain 3362 153 42 Most studies exploring the role of upper airway viruses and bacteria in paediatric acute respiratory infections (ARI) focus on specific clinical diagnoses and/or do not account for virus–bacteria interactions. Bilateral nasal swabs, demographic, clinical and risk factor data were collected at enrollment in children aged <15 years presenting to an emergency department with an ARI and where cough was a symptom. While upper airway specimens (nasopharyngeal swabs) are controversial because they cannot reliably distinguish between carriage and disease [8] , they continue to be widely used in observational and experimental studies of ARI in children, including those attempting to identify associations between organisms and clinical symptoms and/or severity. In 817 children presenting to a tertiary paediatric ED with an ARI and cough, at least one virus or bacterium was detected in nasal swab specimens from 90.6% of cases, while viruses and bacteria were codetected in 51.8%. ./cache/cord-257248-aii0tj9x.txt ./txt/cord-257248-aii0tj9x.txt