Detection of parechovirus A in respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological clinical samples of pediatric patients from Panama (2014–2015)

Table 1 Characteristics of PeV-A-positive pediatric cases in Panama, 2014–2015

Year	Age	Sex	Type of sample	Symptom	Clinical diagnosis	Observations – Initial laboratory results
2014	7 m	M	Fecal	diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain	Rotavirus	Negative for rotavirus
2015	1 day	F	CSF	suspected encephalitis	Herpes Virus 1 and 2	Mother with suspected Herpes Virus Encephalitis; Negative
2015	2 m	M	NP	cough, rhinorrea, respiratory distress	Respiratory syncytial virus	Negative for: Adenovirus, Influenza A, Influenza B, Human Metapneumovirus, Parainfluenza 1,2,3, Rhinovirus, Respiratory Syncytial Virus
2015	1 m	F	EMAS	pneumonia, vomiting, diarrhea	Enterovirus	Negative for enterovirus
2015	12 m	M	NP	Fever, runny nose, cough, bronchopneumonia	Unknown	Negative for Adenovirus, Influenza A, Influenza B, Human Metapneumovirus, Parainfluenza 1,2,3, Rhinovirus, Respiratory Syncytial Virus
2015	48 m	F	Fecal	diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain	Rotavirus	Negative for rotavirus
2015	UNK	UNK	Fecal	diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain	Rotavirus	Negative for rotavirus
2015	UNK	UNK	Fecal	diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain	Rotavirus	Negative for rotavirus

Abbreviations: m, months; F, feminine; M, masculine; CSF, Cerebrospinal fluid; NP, nasopharyngeal swab; EMAS, eyes, mouth and anus swab; UNK, Unknown

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