Clinical syndrome | Suggested test(s) for adenovirus if diagnosis is necessary* |
Upper respiratory illness | Viral culture if available and/or viral antigen assay on respiratory specimen(s) (eg, nasopharyngeal swab or aspirate; throat swab or wash) |
Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis | Viral culture and/or adenovirus-specific antigen assay on conjunctival swab or scraping |
Pneumonia | Viral culture or PCR of nasopharyngeal aspirate or swab, throat swab, sputum, tracheal aspirate or BAL material |
Prolonged diarrhea in young children | Adenovirus-specific antigen assay on stool specimen |
Immunocompromised hosts | Viral culture or PCR of affected sites; quantitative PCR of blood; biopsy if clinically indicated¶ |
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