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Laboratory Findings

Testing for specific viral cause (e.g. RSV by nasopharyngeal aspirate) is common, but has little effect on management. Identification of RSV-positive patients can be helpful for:

  • Disease surveillance
  • Grouping ("cohorting") patients together in hospital wards as to prevent cross infection.
  • Predicting whether the disease course has peaked yet
  • Reducing the need for other diagnostic procedures (by providing confidence that a cause has been identified)

Tests include:

  • Blood gases
  • Nasal fluid cultures (to determine which virus is present)

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