Detection of human coronaviruses in simultaneously collected stool samples and nasopharyngeal swabs from hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis

Table 2 Patients with HCoVs demonstrated in stool samples and/or NP swabs at initial testing: information on clinical signs, viral species and results of follow-up testing

Patient	Clinical signs	HCoVs species in stool samples	Other viruses in stool samples	HCoVs species in NP swab	Other viruses in NP swab	Follow up stool sample	Follow up NP swab
1	AGE + RTI	OC43	neg	OC43	neg	neg	HKU1*
2	AGE + RTI	OC43	Norovirus	OC43	neg	neg	neg
3	AGE + RTI	OC43	Rotavirus, AdV	OC43	AdV	AdV	OC43, AdV
4	AGE + RTI	NL63	Rotavirus	NL63	hRV	neg	NL63, hRV, PIV*
5	AGE	HKU1	SRV	OC43	HBoV, hRV, PIV	neg	HKU1**
6	AGE	229E	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg
7	AGE + RTI	neg	neg	OC43	neg	neg	neg
8	AGE + RTI	neg	neg	OC43	neg	NA	NA
9	AGE + RTI	neg	neg	NL63	hRV	neg	neg*
10	AGE + RTI	neg	Astrovirus	NL63	RSV, INF A	neg	neg
11	AGE + RTI	neg	Rotavirus	HKU1	neg	neg	RSV,PIV*
12	AGE + RTI	neg	Rotavirus	HKU1	neg	NA	NA
13	AGE + RTI	neg	AdV	HKU1	AdV, RSV	NA	NA
14	AGE + RTI	neg	Rotavirus, AdV	HKU1	neg	neg	hRV
15	AGE + RTI	neg	Norovirus, AdV	HKU1	AdV, HBoV	neg	neg
16	AGE	neg	neg	OC43	neg	neg	neg
17	AGE	neg	neg	229E	neg	neg	neg
18	AGE	neg	Rotavirus	OC43	neg	neg	neg
19	AGE	neg	Rotavirus, AdV	OC43	neg	neg	NA
20	AGE	neg	Rotavirus	HKU1	neg	neg	neg
21	AGE	neg	Norovirus, AdV	HKU1	neg	AdV**	HKU1
22	AGE	neg	Rotavirus, AdV	229E	neg	neg	RSV*
23	AGE	neg	Rotavirus	229E	neg	neg	neg

Key: *RTI, respiratory tract infection; **AGE, acute gastroenteritis; OC43; human coronavirus OC43; NL63, human coronavirus NL63; HKU1, human coronavirus HKU1; 229E, human coronavirus 229E; AdV, adenovirus; hRV, rinovirus; PIV, parainfluenza virus; SRV, small round viruses; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; INF A, influenza virus A; neg, negative; NA, sample not available.

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